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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 &.£,@.@,&¨
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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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@.¤,#£.¤.£ 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. §¨#.@.&¨&.
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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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