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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 #§$\~:¨¨..
,¨¨^-*=%£¶ is dark and moist, the canopy having ¶£%=*-^¨¨,
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¨,,~-/=*£# to west, getting broader and deeper and #£*=/-~,,¨
,,¨.-~==%& slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &%==~-.¨,,
,¨¨:~^%*@@ where the pine hands start to let @@*%^~:¨¨,
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,,,»;*&@£# they had been a swampworld with sylvan #£@&*;»,,,
¨,~^†@¤@@# water, stone rings and floating moss. #@@¤@†^~,¨
¨,:~:*£#¶# you could've found me wallowing around #¶#£*:~:,¨
.¨,~=;%£§£ on the southern shores until i got £§£%;=~,¨.
,,.¨.~\%$¤ bitten. ¤$%\~.¨.,,
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.,^«†*£##@ but now i'm further back, on solid @##£*†«^,.
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¨.~»=^££¶# orange tin radio and a translucent #¶££^=»~.¨
,,.,-†*¤@# umbrella which i'm sitting on. #@¤*†-,.,,
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¨.~«;†#@ to get up, still looking at the @##&†;«~.¨
,,-†*### direction of sound rather than at my ####&*†-,,
¨¨.~†**§£@ hands, who are busy putting things in @£§**†~.¨¨
.¨.-~;$§#£ my pockets. £#§$;~-.¨.
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,,,,=;%£@# 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 ##@£%%†«.,
..:=/$$@## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##@$$/=:..
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¨¨,,,~^*§@ and i must've picked it up with my @§*^~,,,¨¨
,,.,-/*£¤@ other belongings. @¤£*/-,.,,
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..¨-«;§§§# 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 ##&£§=-^¨,
¨,~/%$¤@## particle board for it to dry on, but ##@¤$%/~,¨
¨,^«^%$§## she is worried and wants me to ##§$%^«^,¨
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