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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 @¤¤=\,.,.¨
,,,.=%$¤¶@ through light, horsemint on the rocky @¶¤$%=.,,,
.¨-†^§§#@# 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. *^:~...,¨¨
,¨¨.,,\=*§ §*=\,,.¨¨,
¨¨.,^/%£## 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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