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,@#,@,¨#,, forgotten. wild boars roaming &,§,£,#¤¨§
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¨¨#.@¨£¤,¤ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just £,&,#.,£.@
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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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.§@¨§¨¨#,¨ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying &.&¨§,¤&.¤
¨,&.#,#@,& 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 &,£.&.¨#,#
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,¨§.#.@¤,& 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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,£§¨£.,¤¨, it's a statuette of a girl laying naked &.£,¤.&¤¨¤
,,#,¤.£#¨§ 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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