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@.,,.¨¨£¨. forgotten. wild boars roaming @¨¨¤¨¨@#£,
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£,§£¨¨,¤@& already soaked up all the sun. @..¨#§,.@@
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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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#¨,&@,£¨,£ 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 @&#.,.¨.&.
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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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£,,,.@..,¨ clearing where you at first can spot ¨..,.#.,#.
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,¨£¨¨¤,§.¨ 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. .@¤££¤,£¨,
@¨¨@.£#.&. £&,,¨,&§£.
#¤.§¤¤,¤&§ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked #¨#¨¨¨£¨,#
..@#,¨&¤., 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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