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,@£#£@@##@ forgotten. wild boars roaming §§@¤£,¤,&§
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£,&#@,&¨¨. 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 #&,@,,&¤&¨
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£,@§£££#£§ 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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.¤¨£,.£§§¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨@@,¤.£#,#
£#§¤£¨&..§ through the ground just how large it is. ¨§.¤#@¤.@@
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@..¨,&&,¤, to get up, still looking at the .,£.@@.#&@
,£¨.¨@.£@¤ direction of sound rather than at my ,¨&£@¨§£¨.
.§£,,£§£.¨ hands, who are busy putting things in ..£..#@¨£¨
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¤§¤§££,§¨£ 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. &¨&¨§.¨¤¨.
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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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