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.#,§¨£&¤.. 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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@.,#.¤.,#§ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,@¤.¨§§§.@
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£¤£@¨..&£¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. @§¨&¤@.¤#§
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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 ,&..@,.&¨¤
.,,¤@..,¤§ hands, who are busy putting things in ¨#@.§&,&@#
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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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¤¨..&¤£##& particle board for it to dry on, but &¨£&,#£§,¤
.£¨¨£.,,., she is worried and wants me to ¨¤£.£§.,£@
£#&.§&¨¨.¨ throw it away. @£¨@¤¨&¨#.
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