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.-~**$#@#@ forests around my childhood home. thick @#@#$**~-.
,,--\§*£#¶ pine arcades that were planted and ¶#£*§\--,,
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.-~†$&¤@§# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #§@¤&$†~-.
,~=^*&@£## is dark and moist, the canopy having ##£@&*^=~,
..«†*£¤### already soaked up all the sun. ###¤£*†«..
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.¨¨.¨¨-*@# to west, getting broader and deeper and #@*-¨¨.¨¨.
,.¨,=~\%%# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just #%%\~=,¨.,
..¨,/*=*§# where the pine hands start to let #§*=*/,¨..
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.,.¨,:\$## they had been a swampworld with sylvan ##$\:,¨.,.
.,=^*$@£££ water, stone rings and floating moss. £££@$*^=,.
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.,,.,-%^@@ on the southern shores until i got @@^%-,.,,.
,,-†*£££@# bitten. #@£££*†-,,
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,,¨..,*§£@ but now i'm further back, on solid @£§*,..¨,,
..»†§$#@## ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ##@#$§†»..
,:«†*§@### orange tin radio and a translucent ###@§*†«:,
.^;§¤#@### umbrella which i'm sitting on. ###@#¤§;^.
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.....»~^=# through the ground just how large it is. #=^~».....
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.^~=†*#¶@# to get up, still looking at the #@¶#*†=~^.
.,.,¨,~:§@ direction of sound rather than at my @§:~,¨,.,.
.-«;§@¤#@# hands, who are busy putting things in #@#¤@§;«-.
¨~~\*£§@## my pockets. ##@§£*\~~¨
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,.«:$£@@## then i run east toward my home. ##@@£$:«.,
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.^~:$¤£### 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 ¶$&*,~¨,.¨
¨~»=*£#¶## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##¶#£*=»~¨
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.:»;$¤@£## and i must've picked it up with my ##£@¤$;»:.
,,«*§#£@## other belongings. ##@£#§*«,,
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,^=/*@&¶@# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked #@¶&@*/=^,
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¨..,¨:~*@# roughly seven centimeters long. it's #@*~:¨,..¨
¨..,~^@§¤@ freshly made, not yet completely dried. @¤§@^~,..¨
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¨¨¨~,:~%§@ my mom is here now. i ask her for some @§%~:,~¨¨¨
¨,¨,,:,†$¤ particle board for it to dry on, but ¤$†,:,,¨,¨
.~~/*$§@## she is worried and wants me to ##@§$*/~~.
,¨.:-*=£#@ throw it away. @#£=*-:.¨,
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