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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. ,.,¨¨..,¨,
,.¨¨.,¨¨,. .,¨¨,.¨¨.,
¨,,¨¨¨,.,, 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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