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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 ¨¤.@.@£¨£¤
.@,¤¤¨§.@. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just .&¨£..¤¨.&
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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 ,&,£¨,@,¨#
¨&.¨§,&.@. 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 ,&,&¨¨&¨.#
.¤,.@.&,@. 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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.&¨&£¨§.§¨ on her stomach, feet in the air, ,¤,@..¤.¨£
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.§.¤£.£¨§. 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 ¨&,@.¨£,,#
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