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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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§.§¨¤¨£.£. 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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#¨&,@¨#.§, 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 ¨¤£.@¨#.#¨
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