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..:~==*£@# forgotten. wild boars roaming #@£*==~:..
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.,^»†§¤@¶# is dark and moist, the canopy having #¶@¤§†»^,.
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.-«;=@§@@# 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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.¨.,.«/$@£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £@$/«.,.¨.
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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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.,,=†=@§¶# 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, #@#&%†=,¨,
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.¨.»=*¤#@# 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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