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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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##@§£$*».¨ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ¨.»*$£§@##
@@¤$§/=,,. where the pine hands start to let .,,=/§$¤@@
#@%$†-^¨,, through light, horsemint on the rocky ,,¨^-†$%@#
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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. ¨,¨¨,¨,¨,-
.¨¨.,.¨.., ,..¨.,.¨¨.
,,,¨,,,.,¨ 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, ¨¨..=^^&&£
§$$*~,¨¨.¨ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨.¨¨,~*$$§
&$*~,,¨¨¨¨ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¨¨¨¨,,~*$&
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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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