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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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¨,..,,¨:== 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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¨,.¨,¨.¨^» 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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