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,¤¨§§¨¨.,, forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨¨@.¨£.¨¨.
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.¤...¨¨¤,& to west, getting broader and deeper and .#£@¨¨.,§,
¨.&.¨¨..¨£ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just ,@.¤&¨.¨¨§
§¨.£....¨# where the pine hands start to let ,,.&#&,..,
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.§@¤.¨.,#¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. §,,#¨..,¨¨
,&¨@#,..¨& you could've found me wallowing around ¤£¨.@..,,.
,.,¤§§¨¨.. on the southern shores until i got .£&,¨¤,¨¨¨
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...¨¨§.¤£. but now i'm further back, on solid ¨.¨¤¤&,.¤.
¨.,...,&§& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #¨.&,#¤.,#
£,.¨¨,.@,# orange tin radio and a translucent ¨§,,,§¤#¨,
.§¨..,,,.¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨.§¨.#,&£,
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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, ¨,.§#£¨¨.,
¨¨&.£§¨¨¨. roughly seven centimeters long. it's .,¨¤¨§§¨.¨
,¨.,#¤¤.,, freshly made, not yet completely dried. ,....@£&.¨
.¨,.@.£#,, ,.¨..&,#¤.
.,,.¨,§&#. 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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