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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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..«†^¤¤@## 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. ##=~,.¨¨,,
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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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,~»;$$@#@# * #@#@$$;»~,
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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. #@#§§%:~,¨
,^«\§$££#@ @#££$§\«^,
,-=/**§@## 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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