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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 §#¨§&,&¨#¨
&,£.§,&.&, 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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@.¤¨§¨§,@¨ somethings moving in the grass. it's ,@,.§.@.@.
£,@¨¤,§¨#. invisible to my eyes but i can feel §¤.§£¨¤¨#,
@.@.¤.&.&. through the ground just how large it is. ¨&¨¨@.@,@¨
¤.@.£,#¨&¨ ££¨§§¨£¨§,
£,&¨§,¤¨¤. 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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