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.¨@,¤&§@¨£ forgotten. wild boars roaming @¤@.#&¨,¨§
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@¨§&¨.#.#§ to west, getting broader and deeper and ,#,#,§@.¨,
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##¨§.,,&¨§ through light, horsemint on the rocky .&¤¨¨¨#¨.£
.¨§§&.¨#¤£ river bed. ¨¤,#¨.§&¨&
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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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&£@@.,¤£§, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨£..&¨¤@¨&
.¨..&.¤..# orange tin radio and a translucent ££¤,¤&@¨£@
£..¨§£#§,£ umbrella which i'm sitting on. &,.£&¨¨§#,
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&¨,¤¨#,¨.¤ invisible to my eyes but i can feel @&..£..¨,¨
§@¨§#@§¨¨£ 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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.£@¨##&.@, then i run east toward my home. §¨¨&,¤¨..,
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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, ¨¨@#¤¨¤¨#,
¤¨@#,¨,¨§@ 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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