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£,&,.,§¨#, pine arcades that were planted and ..#@#¨@¨@,
&£&&..¤§¤£ forgotten. wild boars roaming ¨,§,¨£&#£#
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.¨,¨#&@@,. is dark and moist, the canopy having ££#,@&#.¨¨
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§.,.§&§£§@ to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨,.,¨¨¨,¤@
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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 ¨,£..£@¤£¨
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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 @¨¨§&&,£££
§@¨.,,§¤,. throw it away. £&,§,,@&,¨
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