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#,&#.¤.,£& forgotten. wild boars roaming #¨§¤,¨@¤¨¤
&@,&¤§¨#¨& underneath, sniffing at the ground. it ¤&,@,&.¤#¨
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£.§¨£¨¨,§, already soaked up all the sun. §,.¨¨.§§.£
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.,¨@@££,&£ to west, getting broader and deeper and &.¨&,¨§&¨§
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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. @,@¨#¤¨&.,
¤#,&¨¨,¤,@ #£&¤¨¤¤§.¨
¨£#¤..#§§, but now i'm further back, on solid ,¨.£&.¨§,¤
@.¨§¨&.¨@, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨¨#.£¨###¤
§.§@&#,@§& orange tin radio and a translucent .£@§§£,¨,,
@#¨,¨#¤,¨. umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¤,,.¨@¨..&
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&£#¨#¨.,§¤ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ,¤¨.¨£.§&.
..£&£,¨¤.& through the ground just how large it is. ¤@,¨&¤¤.¤¤
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¤¨£,£§@&¤. 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 ,,.§&,¤¨¨@
#§¤.,§@,¤¨ 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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