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.§¨£§.¤¤¨& forgotten. wild boars roaming @,£,¨§,@,§
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,§¨§£¨&&.# to west, getting broader and deeper and &,#¨¨#,@,#
,£,.@¨¨§,# slower as it goes. equisetum grow just @¨&.@&,£¨&
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,§¨¨@¨,£,& 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 &.@,¨¤¨#,@
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,§,¨£¨.#.# 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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,¤¨&&,&£.@ 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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,@,¨#.,@.§ 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 &,&.&§,¤,§
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.£.¨#,.§,£ and i must've picked it up with my §,£,&¤,&,@
.§,@&.£&,@ other belongings. £.§.,§¨&,£
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.¤.£¤,&£¨# it's a statuette of a girl laying naked ¤,¤.,§¨¤.#
.£,.&¨¨£,# 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 §¨£.£§,¤.§
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