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.^»;†@&¶@# forests around my childhood home. thick #@¶&@†;»^.
.¨~~:^¤£## pine arcades that were planted and ##£¤^:~~¨.
¨-»;†*£¶## forgotten. wild boars roaming ##¶£*†;»-¨
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¨~~†§¤¤@@# 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 ##@¤£=:~:,
.¨:=:*$&@# through light, horsemint on the rocky #@&$*:=:¨.
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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. ##¶&£=\~,.
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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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,.-==%¤§@@ 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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