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,.,¨.,¨.,# forgotten. wild boars roaming .£@,§..¨.£
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,¨.@¨¨,¨.¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and .§.@££,#¨&
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,#,¤¨,,&§£ where the pine hands start to let .,&¨¤,,.,§
££@#,.£..¨ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,&@¤§¨.,&£
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#.¨£¨¨§@., they had been a swampworld with sylvan ..§.@,#¤&&
§¨¤@¨@¨¤¨£ water, stone rings and floating moss. .@£§&§,¨¨,
&§,£§&¤&#& you could've found me wallowing around @.¨,,¤,..&
,#&¨¨,¨.,£ 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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§#,,¨¨§,.¤ 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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¤,¨@&.¤,.. 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 ¤##£&§¤¨#.
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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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