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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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§.£¨#.@¨£, = ,#.£¨¤.¨£¨
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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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