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&§,,&¨@¨#, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¤¨#.§.&,§¨
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&@..£.&,@¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and @,@,#.#,§,
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£§,,£¨&¨&¨ where the pine hands start to let #¨§¨¤.#.¤,
.#.£@.#,&, through light, horsemint on the rocky &,#.#¨#.¤.
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&#..@.@.#. 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 £¨£,#¨¤,@.
§£,,¤.£,&, umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤¨¤,#.§.#.
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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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¤@¨.¤.¤,#. radio (now dented) but also a small #,§.¤,#.@.
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££,,¤.¤,@, must have been laying in the wet dirt, @,§.#.#,¤,
.&,§&¨§¨#¨ and i must've picked it up with my #,¤.&¨&¨@.
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&¤..@,§¨§. roughly seven centimeters long. it's £.£,&¨£.#,
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,§.¤§,&¨¤¨ she is worried and wants me to @¨¤.@,¤¨§,
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