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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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,¨.¨¨,,.,= 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. -,¨,¨¨.,¨¨
,¨¨.¨¨¨¨., ,.¨¨¨¨.¨¨,
.,,¨,.,... 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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