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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. &.§,£&¨£#¨
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@.#.§,@¨.& then i run east toward my home. §.§¨§¤.&&¨
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@,@.&.¤,.¤ = &¨¤,£@¨¤§.
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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. #¨&¨&@.&§,
@.@.¤.@¨@¤ §,£,,&¨.§¨
#.£.£.¤,,£ 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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