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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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,,~†*&§@## * ##@§&*†~,,
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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 #@§*†*=-¨¨
,,«†*$#### my pockets. ####$*†«,,
,¨^«:^$¤@# #@¤$^:«^¨,
¨..:»\†%@# 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. #£%%\«:,¨.
.,~«^^¤#@# #@#¤^^«~,.
¨,-/$@£@## it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ##@£@$/-,¨
,,.«;%§### 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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