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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. &¨¨#,,&.¤.
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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. ¤,#£.#£.#,
&,&.&,¤,§& £,.&¨.§.@.
&,¤,§.&¨¨# 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. ¤¨£#¨&§,&,
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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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