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,¤.@.¤&.¤¨ forgotten. wild boars roaming .#§.¨.#¨,@
£#¤§¤.¤££§ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it @,@,¨¤@,£@
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.¨.@.¤..¨@ already soaked up all the sun. .¨#§§@.§,¨
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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 ,#@,¨,#¤¨¨
..¨&.¨,¨§, 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, &,.#¨,££.§
,#¨#¤£&.,¨ 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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