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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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