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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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&..¨#,§£¨@ there's a river passing by, from east ¨¨§¨¨.#¨§@
#,.¤@@¨§## 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. £@..¤£&¨¨¨
,,&§§§&£.§ .&.¤,.¤,,,
,#¨..,,&£# 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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£.¤,..£##¤ 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. £¨¨¨.#¨&&,
¨£##§¨@,¤, ¤¨,.§§#,#¨
@.,.£¤§@## 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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¨¨¨¤¨¨£¨,, on her stomach, feet in the air, .¨@.,¤@¨.¨
¨,&@,&#.¨¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's .¤¤¨¤,¤¨¨,
¨§,#&¨@,&@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. @¨#§&#&,.,
¤£#,¤£&£.& §¤.,,,¤,,.
¨.@#¨.¨@¤& 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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