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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. .@¤.&,§¨&,
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#,@,£,@,§¨ 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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