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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 ##£§%=*~~,
,.^»^%$@@# through  light, horsemint on  the  rocky #@@$%^»^.,
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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 ###@§%^~,.
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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   ##¶¤&%;-,¨
,.~«/$$§## freshly made,  not yet completely dried. ##§$$/«~.,
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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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