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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 #@@$\~,,,,
,.¨,~»*%¤@ is dark and moist, the canopy having @¤%*»~,¨.,
...,¨~-;†@ already soaked up all the sun. @†;-~¨,...
¨.¨...,~\% %\~,...¨.¨
,¨.¨¨..:=; there's a river passing by, from east ;=:..¨¨.¨,
,,.,,¨.,,~ to west, getting broader and deeper and ~,,.¨,,.,,
,,¨.,,,,¨- slower as it goes. equisetum grow just -¨,,,,.¨,,
..,,,¨¨¨,, where the pine hands start to let ,,¨¨¨,,,..
.,¨¨¨.¨¨¨. through light, horsemint on the rocky .¨¨¨.¨¨¨,.
,¨.¨,¨¨¨,. river bed. .,¨¨¨,¨.¨,
,,.¨.¨¨,.. ..,¨¨.¨.,,
,,¨¨.,¨¨.¨ ^ ¨.¨¨,.¨¨,,
..¨¨¨,.,¨, ,¨,.,¨¨¨..
¨.,,¨...,¨ the riverbanks reek of magic. tonight ¨,...¨,,.¨
...,¨,¨,.¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨.,¨,¨,...
.,,.¨...¨, water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨...¨.,,.
¨,,.¨,¨,,^ you could've found me wallowing around ^,,¨,¨.,,¨
¨¨.,¨.¨.^~ on the southern shores until i got ~^.¨.¨,.¨¨
,¨¨,.¨,:-: bitten. :-:,¨.,¨¨,
.¨,,¨..«;% %;«..¨,,¨.
,,.¨,--=†& but now i'm further back, on solid &†=--,¨.,,
..¨,.=:$§@ 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. ,...,¨.,,¨
.¨,.¨..¨,, ,,¨..¨.,¨.
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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. ##£#*:=^¨,
,^~:%§#### ####§%:~^,
,.:«=*¤### 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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