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