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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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