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