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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 -,.¨¨..,¨¨
¨,,,.¨.:~; 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 $/~,,,..,¨
,.,.,.,~=: ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an :=~,.,.,.,
,...¨,,.:~ orange tin radio and a translucent ~:.,,¨...,
¨¨.,.,¨,.^ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ^.,¨,.,.¨¨
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.,,¨¨.,,~† ^ †~,,.¨¨,,.
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,.¨.¨^-†*£ somethings moving in the grass. it's £*†-^¨.¨.,
¨,..~»=$*# 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 £¤$=\«^.,,
,,.,:«^=*# hands, who are busy putting things in #*=^«:,.,,
¨.¨..,«=§@ my pockets. @§=«,..¨.¨
¨,,¨,.~=*† †*=~.,¨,,¨
¨¨.,.¨¨:~† then i run east toward my home. †~:¨¨.,.¨¨
¨.....,¨-= =-¨,.....¨
,..¨..¨,.~ = ~.,¨..¨..,
....,¨..^= =^..¨,....
,¨¨.¨.,,~/ i am not followed, and slow down in the /~,,.¨.¨¨,
¨,,,.¨,»\^ clearing where you at first can spot ^\»,¨.,,,¨
..¨,¨,~;=@ the house, not yet really in the @=;~,¨,¨..
¨....-;†££ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ££†;-....¨
¨,..»*†§£@ radio (now dented) but also a small @£§†*»..,¨
.¨^»\*£@## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##@£*\»^¨.
¨:-/^@@### must have been laying in the wet dirt, ###@@^/-:¨
¨,-~*$%§@# 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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