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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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