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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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.,-:§$#@@# invisible to my eyes but i can feel #@@#$§:-,.
.¨^~-»†$## through the ground just how large it is. ##$†»-~^¨.
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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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.,-:~*†=%£ £%=†*~:-,.
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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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.,,-,,~=¤@ 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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