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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. $^\»~,,..¨
.¨¨..~*§@# you could've found me wallowing around #@§*~..¨¨.
,,¨,-=*@£# on the southern shores until i got #£@*=-,¨,,
.,~=^§£@## bitten. ##@£§^=~,.
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¨¨^«/*&£@# but now i'm further back, on solid #@£&*/«^¨¨
¨,,:~/%$## ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ##$%/~:,,¨
.¨,¨~-=*&¶ orange tin radio and a translucent ¶&*=-~¨,¨.
,.,...»;^£ umbrella which i'm sitting on. £^;»...,.,
.¨.¨.,^~** **~^,.¨.¨.
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.,,...,,¨~ somethings moving in the grass. it's ~¨,,...,,.
¨,¨¨.,.,,. invisible to my eyes but i can feel .,,.,.¨¨,¨
.,¨.¨¨.,,, through the ground just how large it is. ,,,.¨¨.¨,.
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..,..,,-~† the soil is muddy. i slip when trying †~-,,..,..
,¨¨...^»†% to get up, still looking at the %†»^...¨¨,
,¨¨¨.-»*=£ direction of sound rather than at my £=*»-.¨¨¨,
¨,¨,,«^§%# hands, who are busy putting things in #%§^«,,¨,¨
¨¨¨,«\†£## my pockets. ##£†\«,¨¨¨
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,:»^=%@@## then i run east toward my home. ##@@%=^»:,
¨.^~:*$@## ##@$*:~^.¨
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¨.¨¨,,«/^£ i am not followed, and slow down in the £^/«,,¨¨.¨
.¨¨¨¨¨,=;* clearing where you at first can spot *;=,¨¨¨¨¨.
,.¨..¨¨,=: the house, not yet really in the :=,¨¨..¨.,
.¨,......- backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my -......,¨.
..,¨¨¨.¨.- radio (now dented) but also a small -.¨.¨¨¨,..
¨,¨.¨¨¨,.¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ¨.,¨¨¨.¨,¨
,...¨,¨¨,~ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ~,¨¨,¨...,
.¨.....,,~ and i must've picked it up with my ~,,.....¨.
¨.,¨,¨¨,== other belongings. ==,¨¨,¨,.¨
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,..,,,«/=% it's a statuette of a girl laying naked %=/«,,,..,
.¨,¨~-/%£# on her stomach, feet in the air, #£%/-~¨,¨.
..¨^«††%@# roughly seven centimeters long. it's #@%††«^¨..
,¨,«†§££## freshly made, not yet completely dried. ##££§†«,¨,
,-=††£¶@## ##@¶£††=-,
¨,,~;%§£@# my mom is here now. i ask her for some #@£§%;~,,¨
,.,-~:%@ particle board for it to dry on, but @#&%:~-,.,
¨,.,^«=$£# she is worried and wants me to #£$=«^,.,¨
,¨,,.,»*=£ throw it away. £=*»,.,,¨,
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