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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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