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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 ##§^;-..,¨
.¨:«:$£### bitten. ###£$:«:¨.
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.¨,=\%&### but now i'm further back, on solid ###&%\=,¨.
,¨.,~\$@@# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #@@$\~,.¨,
¨¨¨¨,~†§@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@§†~,¨¨¨¨
,,¨,,-«=%# umbrella which i'm sitting on. #%=«-,,¨,,
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.¨¨.:»==@@ invisible to my eyes but i can feel @@==»:.¨¨.
¨..~«/†&¶# through the ground just how large it is. #¶&†/«~..¨
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¨.»*^§#### the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ####§^*».¨
,,-~/=&¶@# to get up, still looking at the #@¶&=/~-,,
...:~^^##@ direction of sound rather than at my @##^^~:...
.¨.¨.»/§&¶ hands, who are busy putting things in ¶&§/».¨.¨.
.¨,¨.,«:†¤ my pockets. ¤†:«,.¨,¨.
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¨¨,¨¨¨¨,~: then i run east toward my home. :~,¨¨¨¨,¨¨
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,¨,.~^%@#@ i am not followed, and slow down in the @#@%^~.,¨,
,.~~*^#¶## clearing where you at first can spot ##¶#^*~~.,
,^«=*§£@## the house, not yet really in the ##@£§*=«^,
.¨^=/%@£## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ##£@%/=^¨.
¨,..=/*§@@ radio (now dented) but also a small @@§*/=..,¨
.,¨¨,»;*££ clay figure i've never seen before. it ££*;»,¨¨,.
,¨.¨..~;$& must have been laying in the wet dirt, &$;~..¨.¨,
.¨¨¨¨¨~-\% and i must've picked it up with my %\-~¨¨¨¨¨.
¨¨¨,¨.,--* other belongings. *--,.¨,¨¨¨
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¨¨,,,«*†#¶ 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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