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&,¤#,§#@#, forgotten. wild boars roaming @£#,¤§§&§§
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,.,.@,,¨¨¨ where the pine hands start to let .¤,£,&,...
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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 .#&¨&@@,£§
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§,§#&&@¨¤& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &.§,£¨,.,,
#¤§.,.,§£, orange tin radio and a translucent ¤&§£&¤..¨,
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,,.¤@@£,¨¤ 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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£@#,¨.,¨&. 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, ¤&..§££¤.¤
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&.,£&¤£,#§ 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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