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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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