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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. #@@¤£$*«,¨
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....¨,~=%@ to west, getting broader and deeper and @%=~,¨....
¨,»*§*£@## slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ##@£*§*»,¨
,-»/$&&£## where the pine hands start to let ##£&&$/»-,
,¨,.~=;*&# through light, horsemint on the rocky #&*;=~.,¨,
.,=*†%@### river bed. ###@%†*=,.
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,¨¨..,==#@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan @#==,..¨¨,
...,,,/$§& 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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¨.-^=*§$&@ clearing where you at first can spot @&$§*=^-.¨
,,¨¨.,.;%£ 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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