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¤¤##@.,£§¤ pine arcades that were planted and ,¨,,¨,£@,.
£,.¨,#,§,, forgotten. wild boars roaming &¨.¨¨.¤¨#,
#§.,,&#&¤¨ underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¨#,.,¨§¤£#
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#,§,.@§,¨¨ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¤#@§¨@¨¨.¨
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¤,,.##§££. where the pine hands start to let ¨&,,@¨.@,.
¤&¨¨£¨,,,¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky #&¤.&#¨§&.
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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 ¤£¨¨#£,@¨¤
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§¨.§&@,§#& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,&,§¨.,¤£¨
@§¨#..#@.¨ 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 ..¨£@@¤¨&,
,¨&,.§#.&¤ 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 ,#.£.¨¤£¤¨
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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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