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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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,,,¨:«=£@# = #@£=«:¨,,,
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,.¨¨.¨,~\$ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight $\~,¨.¨¨.,
,.¨¨,.,:=† they had been a swampworld with sylvan †=:,.,¨¨.,
,..¨¨¨,,:~ water, stone rings and floating moss. ~:,,¨¨¨..,
,,¨.,,,¨¨: you could've found me wallowing around :¨¨,,,.¨,,
¨¨¨,.¨.¨.. on the southern shores until i got ..¨.¨.,¨¨¨
,¨¨,.,.,,, bitten. ,,,.,.,¨¨,
¨¨¨¨,¨,¨.¨ ¨.¨,¨,¨¨¨¨
¨.¨.,.,¨,, but now i'm further back, on solid ,,¨,.,.¨.¨
,.¨.,,.,¨, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¨,.,,.¨.,
..¨¨...,,- orange tin radio and a translucent -,,...¨¨..
¨,,¨,,.¨,« umbrella which i'm sitting on. «,¨.,,¨,,¨
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,,¨¨^~†&§@ somethings moving in the grass. it's @§&†~^¨¨,,
.,,,»\$£@# invisible to my eyes but i can feel #@£$\»,,,.
,,:~*§££## 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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