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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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