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.,==§££##@ forgotten. wild boars roaming @##££§==,.
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,,»\*%&*¤¶ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¶¤*&%*\»,,
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.,-/§%@### ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ###@%§/-,.
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,^=:**£@## direction of sound rather than at my ##@£**:=^,
.,-:$$&@¤# hands, who are busy putting things in #¤@&$$:-,.
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.:-;=$¤@## particle board for it to dry on, but ##@¤$=;-:.
.~~\/^=;%@ she is worried and wants me to @%;=^/\~~.
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