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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 @§£$;=,¨,,
.¨¨,,«=%$£                 bitten.                  £$%=«,,¨¨.
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,¨,.¨¨.-^^ but  now  i'm  further  back,  on  solid ^^-.¨¨.,¨,
¨¨¨¨¨.¨,»\ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with  an \»,¨.¨¨¨¨¨
,¨,.,¨.,:= orange   tin  radio  and  a  translucent =:,.¨,.,¨,
.¨,,.¨¨¨.:      umbrella which i'm sitting on.      :.¨¨¨.,,¨.
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,¨¨¨.,¨.¨^ somethings  moving  in  the  grass. it's ^¨.¨,.¨¨¨,
,.,¨¨¨.¨:- invisible to my  eyes  but  i  can  feel -:¨.¨¨¨,.,
¨.¨¨,.,:-† through the ground just how large it is. †-:,.,¨¨.¨
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.,,,,:~/*$ 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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