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.,£..¤@£¨, forgotten. wild boars roaming .,,¨.¤.,¨,
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¨.@¤#,.£#¨ already soaked up all the sun. ..¨¨¨@¤#@,
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,.£,&&,¨§¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨¤,¨£,¤.¨,
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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 &£¨.#§@,&@
.&¨¨,§.@£, bitten. ¤.£.&,,@§,
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.¨¤§£&#,§¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @,£,¨.#¨,,
.¨¤.¨¨,§§§ orange tin radio and a translucent ,£¤£,¨#§,.
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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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§£¤§¤¨..,¨ 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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§¤&,.£@§@. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked @§&,¨¤&£¤,
&.¨§,§.,.@ 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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