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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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