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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. #¶@%†«:.¨,
,,¨¨,»\&¤# #¤&\»,¨¨,,
..,,..~\$£ 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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