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..~;*%%#@# pine arcades that were planted and #@#%%*;~..
¨.:^†^=^§# forgotten. wild boars roaming #§^=^†^:.¨
.,«/=££%¤# underneath, sniffing at the ground. it #¤%££=/«,.
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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 #¶£=»-.¨¨.
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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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..=\†¤%$@# orange tin radio and a translucent #@$%¤†\=..
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..»:=%@£@@ through the ground just how large it is. @@£@%=:»..
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¨,~/%%@@## to get up, still looking at the ##@@%%/~,¨
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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 ¶§%/:.,¨,¨
.¨¨¨,,.=^& 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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