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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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~¨..,,,¨,, 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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§†~,,.¨.,. 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. .¨¨.,...¨¨
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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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