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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. #@¤**-:.,¨
,^~/=@¤¶## ##¶¤@=/~^,
¨.,»/*:%#¤ 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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,.,,~§$£## on her stomach, feet in the air, ##£$§~,,.,
,,,:,=$&&@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's @&&$=,:,,,
,-«;=¤&@@# 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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