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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 ¤&.,.¤§.§,
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¤,.&,.§¨£¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ¨¤##¨£&§,,
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@,,,@.§§£§ water, stone rings and floating moss. #@£§¤¤.,¨¤
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§¤@,¤,,£,, 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 ¨&¨¨£.,,#£
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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 ,¤@,§£¤¨,¨
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..#£,£,¨&¨ 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. ¤.§,§§¨.¤£
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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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