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.#,¨£¨¨£,& pine arcades that were planted and &.,#¤¨&§.¨
££.##,¤§¤£ 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 &,£¨&&.,.£
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,,§,,¨§.¨¤ they had been a swampworld with sylvan &£,,¤.¤¨,#
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§,#¨#¨#@.& you could've found me wallowing around ¤&¤,¨¨£@,¤
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.,,,.£#¨&¨ bitten. ,@§.&&@,£#
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.£§,@§@.,@ 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 .§,¨,&,.¤§
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,#&,,,.#,§ my pockets. .#.¤.#§¤,¨
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..,.¨..#@¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it §,¨£,¤&,¤.
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¤¨.,.¨£¨¨£ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ¨,,¨&@.§§.
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¤¨¨@&@¨@¨@ my mom is here now. i ask her for some ¨¤¨.#&¨&¨§
@,#,¨§§§£# particle board for it to dry on, but £¤¨#.&&&¤¨
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