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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. @&£*;-~,,,
.,.¨:~:%%¤ ¤%%:~:¨.,.
.,,,¨~»**£ 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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.¨.¨,¨.,., ; ,.,.¨,¨.¨.
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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 $%;»:¨.,.¨
¨¨.,,=*%&£ on the southern shores until i got £&%*=,,.¨¨
,..:~:%£#@ bitten. @#£%:~:..,
.¨.-†^$@£# #£@$^†-.¨.
¨^~*†$§@## 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. §†»^,....¨
.¨,,..~;^$ $^;~..,,¨.
.,,¨,~:†%§ then i run east toward my home. §%†:~,¨,,.
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.¨.=/%§# i am not followed, and slow down in the ##&§%/=.¨.
¨¨,-«†*¤¤¶ clearing where you at first can spot ¶¤¤*†«-,¨¨
,,,,^»†^££ the house, not yet really in the ££^†»^,,,,
¨¨,¨¨~~=%£ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my £%=~~¨¨,¨¨
,,¨¨¨,,~** radio (now dented) but also a small **~,,¨¨¨,,
¨.,.¨¨¨,»; clay figure i've never seen before. it ;»,¨¨¨.,.¨
..¨..,¨¨,= must have been laying in the wet dirt, =,¨¨,..¨..
¨,,¨,.¨,.^ and i must've picked it up with my ^.,¨.,¨,,¨
.¨,,¨...,¨ other belongings. ¨,...¨,,¨.
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.,¨.¨¨.,¨. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .¨,.¨¨.¨,.
.¨.,..¨.,. on her stomach, feet in the air, .,.¨..,.¨.
.¨..,,¨.,« roughly seven centimeters long. it's «,.¨,,..¨.
,.¨,¨,.,»* freshly made, not yet completely dried. *»,.,¨,¨.,
,¨¨¨¨,.=:% %:=.,¨¨¨¨,
.,.,,:~:^$ 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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