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.^=;*$&@@# &$¤$%¤§£$ #@@&$*;=^.
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¨^»=$%&£@# 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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.,»†%@#¶#@ ; @#¶#@%†»,.
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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 ##@#@†;~,,
..=/*$@@&# hands, who are busy putting things in #&@@$*/=..
,:-=$¤£@## my pockets. ##@£¤$=-:,
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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. #####@=†.,
..»=*@§§&@ @&§§@*=»..
,,...^=@¤£ 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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