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.,~:%$¤#@# forgotten. wild boars roaming #@#¤$%:~,.
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,~-;%§#¶@# where the pine hands start to let #@¶#§%;-~,
,^»=†%@@@# through light, horsemint on the rocky #@@@%†=»^,
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.,=/†$*##@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan @##*$†/=,.
.¨.-~»:*$£ water, stone rings and floating moss. £$*:»~-.¨.
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.¨,,^*;^$£ on the southern shores until i got £$^;*^,,¨.
.:»†*£@#@# bitten. #@#@£*†»:.
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.¨.¨,,^&§# but now i'm further back, on solid #§&^,,¨.¨.
..~~=§$#§# ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #§#$§=~~..
.¨.¨.-†&#§ orange tin radio and a translucent §#&†-.¨.¨.
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¨^~***@### to get up, still looking at the ###@***~^¨
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¨..,.*@¤£@ my pockets. @£¤@*.,..¨
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.^-=*$§##@ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my @##§$*=-^.
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¨,»:†&#@## 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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.:-\$$§@## 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 £&&*^.¨...
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¨~=:%@¤@## throw it away. ##@¤@%:=~¨
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