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@¨##.,@.¨£ forgotten. wild boars roaming #,,£.@§,,.
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.&&#¨¨¨.¤# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .¨,.£,##¨,
¨§¨&@¨.,@¨ where the pine hands start to let ¨¨¨,,.£&&.
,¨,¤¤¤.,.. through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨,,..¨#,¤&
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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 #¤,..#.¤@,
.,¨¨,¨§,¤@ 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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#.,,¤££¨¨. 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 .#.¨#,¨.&¨
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£,¨¨#£&,.& and i must've picked it up with my £,¨¤,¨¤¨¨,
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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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