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£&¨,¨&,,§& pine arcades that were planted and ¨#@,#@..#&
.#¨,§&¨&.. forgotten. wild boars roaming #.&#,&¨£.,
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§,.,#,@¨¨@ already soaked up all the sun. §,&¨¨¨#@§£
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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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#¨@¤¨..&§¨ 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 ¨&§@£,¤,¨¤
,.¨.£.£&¤@ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @,,,§¤#.#£
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¨§#¨£¨£&.§ 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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¨§§,,¤#¤.. 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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