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,¤£,£¨.££¤ forgotten. wild boars roaming &#.&¤§..§£
#¨@¤@,§¨,@ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ,#¤.¨#.¤,&
£@,.&@§.&& is dark and moist, the canopy having &¨§¨#@&§¤¨
.@¨¤..@#.§ already soaked up all the sun. #£§§¨¨,¨§&
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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 .,¨,¨&¤¨@¨
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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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¤&£.#&,.£@ to get up, still looking at the .¨¤¨@¨,¨£#
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,&,@&#@#.£ hands, who are busy putting things in §.,,¤,&§,.
§@#.¨¨.#¤& my pockets. @¨.£#¤,§¨.
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..££¨.&¨¨& 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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