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@¨...,££§# forgotten. wild boars roaming @¨.§@&&@&&
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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 ,.,¨,,§@§#
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#,.¨¨@£¨.. through the ground just how large it is. ,£@.,§&§§¤
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@§§£¨¨.,@£ to get up, still looking at the ,¨#&¨.¨,¨.
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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 ¨§£#£££&@@
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@§@£¤¨.¨,, must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨¨¨§#@¤@£&
&§¤¤..&§£¤ and i must've picked it up with my ¤§.,££#&§@
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,,,#@&£,¨& roughly seven centimeters long. it's @@¤&#.¨.,.
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¨,.##.¨¤£¤ particle board for it to dry on, but .¨,....,,.
¤¤,,.¨..§§ she is worried and wants me to §#&£&¤¤¤¤£
§¨¨¤££§¨,@ throw it away. ¨&££##@@¤&
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