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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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,~/%£@¶### 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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¨.»=%$#¶## i am not followed, and slow down in the ##¶#$%=».¨
.,»^*¤@@#£ 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. §*«~,¨¨¨,,
....,:;¤#@ @#¤;:,....
,,::«==@@¤ 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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