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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. *;=,,....,
.,.,,¨¨.~\ \~.¨¨,,.,.
¨,,,....:- 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. ^=«^¨.,¨,¨
¨..¨,¨¨,=; ;=,¨¨,¨..¨
¨,..¨,¨¨:~ 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. ###@&^\~:,
¨¨,~^*%&## ##&%*^~,¨¨
¨¨,~~†^@&@ 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. ,¨.....¨,,
¨¨.¨.¨,.,= =,.,¨.¨.¨¨
,,,.¨¨.^~/ = /~^.¨¨.,,,
¨.,,,.^»†% %†»^.,,,.¨
¨.,¨.,»\*% 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. £†/~:.¨¨¨¨
.¨.,..~=†* *†=~..,.¨.
,¨..,.¨,~† 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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