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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. @$%:-^.¨.,
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.,:»\†*§£@ somethings moving in the grass. it's @£§*†\»:,.
¨.,^~†=¤§¶ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¶§¤=†~^,.¨
¨,,.~=†§%@ through the ground just how large it is. @%§†=~.,,¨
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,,.,.¨,=^% the soil is muddy. i slip when trying %^=,¨.,.,,
,¨,...,~»† to get up, still looking at the †»~,...,¨,
..¨¨,..¨-« direction of sound rather than at my «-¨..,¨¨..
..,.¨¨..,^ hands, who are busy putting things in ^,..¨¨.,..
,¨¨,...,,¨ my pockets. ¨,,...,¨¨,
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¨,,,¨.,,,. then i run east toward my home. .,,,.¨,,,¨
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.,¨,,¨¨,¨, i am not followed, and slow down in the ,¨,¨¨,,¨,.
¨..¨¨.¨¨.^ clearing where you at first can spot ^.¨¨.¨¨..¨
,¨¨.¨¨.¨:~ the house, not yet really in the ~:¨.¨¨.¨¨,
,.¨¨,..^»* backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my *»^..,¨¨.,
¨..,.¨^«†† radio (now dented) but also a small ††«^¨.,..¨
,,.,,.»/$% 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. ¤%;«,.,,¨,
,¨..¨,,»\% %\»,,¨..¨,
..¨.¨,,~»\ 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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