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,¨¨,,,~§¤§ forests around my childhood home. thick §¤§~,,,¨¨,
.,¨,:»^§£# pine arcades that were planted and #£§^»:,¨,.
¨,,,~†$### forgotten. wild boars roaming ###$†~,,,¨
¨,^~=¤£#@# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #@#£¤=~^,¨
.,=§@@#### is dark and moist, the canopy having ####@@§=,.
.¨.=**&@## already soaked up all the sun. ##@&**=.¨.
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.,¨¨.,=%%§ to west, getting broader and deeper and §%%=,.¨¨,.
,,¨,¨.--§$ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just $§--.¨,¨,,
.,¨.,..:-§ where the pine hands start to let §-:..,.¨,.
.¨,.¨¨,.-- through light, horsemint on the rocky --.,¨¨.,¨.
.,¨,¨..¨¨~ river bed. ~¨¨..¨,¨,.
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,,,,¨¨¨,~$ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight $~,¨¨¨,,,,
....¨,.~$@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan @$~.,¨....
,,...--%%# water, stone rings and floating moss. #%%--...,,
.,.,^«%&¤# you could've found me wallowing around #¤&%«^,.,.
,,.^»*£&@@ on the southern shores until i got @@&£*»^.,,
,.-«%£@@@# bitten. #@@@£%«-.,
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,,-=^§@¶@# but now i'm further back, on solid #@¶@§^=-,,
.¨¨~-=¤&@# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #@&¤=-~¨¨.
¨¨...»*$@¶ orange tin radio and a translucent ¶@$*»...¨¨
.,.¨¨~-*$¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤$*-~¨¨.,.
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,¨.¨,,.¨.. somethings moving in the grass. it's ..¨.,,¨.¨,
¨¨¨.,,¨¨.¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨.¨¨,,.¨¨¨
.¨,,,.,.¨, through the ground just how large it is. ,¨.,.,,,¨.
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,.¨.¨,,,~* the soil is muddy. i slip when trying *~,,,¨.¨.,
¨¨,.¨¨-»=% to get up, still looking at the %=»-¨¨.,¨¨
¨.¨,,-~§§# direction of sound rather than at my #§§~-,,¨.¨
,,,.,~$&¤@ hands, who are busy putting things in @¤&$~,.,,,
,¨,,~†£&@@ my pockets. @@&£†~,,¨,
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,.-*@&#### then i run east toward my home. ####&@*-.,
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,¨.¨,~-=$& i am not followed, and slow down in the &$=-~,¨.¨,
.,,.,¨.~=& clearing where you at first can spot &=~.¨,.,,.
.,.¨,,¨^== the house, not yet really in the ==^¨,,¨.,.
¨¨.¨.¨.¨,= backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my =,¨.¨.¨.¨¨
.,¨,,...,: radio (now dented) but also a small :,...,,¨,.
.¨¨.¨.,¨¨. clay figure i've never seen before. it .¨¨,.¨.¨¨.
¨.¨.¨.,,.. must have been laying in the wet dirt, ..,,.¨.¨.¨
¨,,¨.¨¨¨.~ and i must've picked it up with my ~.¨¨¨.¨,,¨
¨,,,.,,~»= other belongings. =»~,,.,,,¨
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.¨¨.¨,~=£# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked #£=~,¨.¨¨.
,¨..,»%$§¶ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¶§$%»,..¨,
,.,,-=£&¶# roughly seven centimeters long. it's #¶&£=-,,.,
¨¨,~§£&@## freshly made, not yet completely dried. ##@&£§~,¨¨
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..,«§¤##@# my mom is here now. i ask her for some #@##¤§«,..
..¨,~*$§¶@ particle board for it to dry on, but @¶§$*~,¨..
..¨,,=%£§# she is worried and wants me to #§£%=,,¨..
¨,.¨¨--=$£ throw it away. £$=--¨¨.,¨
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