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.¨^~\*¤@#@ forgotten. wild boars roaming @#@¤*\~^¨.
,..^=†%%¤¶ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¶¤%%†=^..,
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.,.-**§££# to west, getting broader and deeper and #££§**-.,.
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.,,~=§$¤@@ where the pine hands start to let @@¤$§=~,,.
,¨¨:«/%£§¶ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¶§£%/«:¨¨,
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.,-*§$¤@@# they had been a swampworld with sylvan #@@¤$§*-,.
.¨-~=§%¤¶# water, stone rings and floating moss. #¶¤%§=~-¨.
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.,.~/*%#@# on the southern shores until i got #@#%*/~.,.
,^»;*%¤@## bitten. ##@¤%*;»^,
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,¨.~«:$$£¶ but now i'm further back, on solid ¶£$$:«~.¨,
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.¨~»*%%#¶# umbrella which i'm sitting on. #¶#%%*»~¨.
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..¨,~/%£@¶ to get up, still looking at the ¶@£%/~,¨..
¨.^~;=£§£# direction of sound rather than at my #£§£=;~^.¨
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,¨.~/$&#@@ my pockets. @@#&$/~.¨,
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,¨~~*^&£@# then i run east toward my home. #@£&^*~~¨,
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..:==^&£@@ the house, not yet really in the @@£&^==:..
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¨¨.-=^&@@@ radio (now dented) but also a small @@@&^=-.¨¨
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¨..~;$£&¶# other belongings. #¶&£$;~..¨
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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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