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§.£¨§¨¤§&. forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,&#£#¤,,&
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,&@¨.¨¤§## slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,¨.,@#,@¤¨
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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 ££¨§&¨.#¤¨
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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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¤..¨,.£,#, to get up, still looking at the §&#.¤¨.@£¨
#@,,,.§@¤@ direction of sound rather than at my £.¨@§&,£.#
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§,@@¨¨@@.¨ my pockets. ¤§&§§¨§.¨,
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@§#§.§@..@ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ,,&,#£#§¨,
¤..¨@@.¤¨@ radio (now dented) but also a small §.#@§,,,&¨
¤¤.,@¨#&££ clay figure i've never seen before. it ¨§#,.¤¨.§¤
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,.§##.¨@.. 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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