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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 ###@&%†=-.
,.:«\†£### 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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.,-~\$@@## invisible to my eyes but i can feel ##@@$\~-,.
.¨.:~=^£@# through the ground just how large it is. #@£^=~:.¨.
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,,,..¨^~=† to get up, still looking at the †=~^¨..,,,
.¨.,,^»=$§ direction of sound rather than at my §$=»^,,.¨.
¨¨,¨^~==¤£ hands, who are busy putting things in £¤==~^¨,¨¨
¨.,.~†%¤£# my pockets. #£¤%†~.,.¨
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,:»†*@¶### then i run east toward my home. ###¶@*†»:,
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..,¨¨..-;§ clearing where you at first can spot §;-..¨¨,..
¨¨,.¨--=^§ the house, not yet really in the §^=--¨.,¨¨
.¨.¨~~†§@# backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my #@§†~~¨.¨.
¨¨¨,~*†§## radio (now dented) but also a small ##§†*~,¨¨¨
,¨-~/$#£## 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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¨.~^^£@@## particle board for it to dry on, but ##@@£^^~.¨
,.,=;§&¶## she is worried and wants me to ##¶&§;=,.,
.¨,.~/%£¶# throw it away. #¶£%/~.,¨.
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