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.£@¤,.¤,@¤ pine arcades that were planted and ,@,¨¨,£,..
.£¨¤£,,.§@ forgotten. wild boars roaming ,¨@¨¨¨,¤¨.
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£,¨,.£#@.¨ already soaked up all the sun. §@@¨,£,,,¨
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§..¨,§,¨,@ where the pine hands start to let ,.,,&¨§&¨.
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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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#§¨,¨..¨§, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ..@,@&.¨,@
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#&£.,¤¨@£¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel @&§,.¨£.¨¨
¤.#&.,,@§£ 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 ¤#,,,@,¨,.
,.¨,§¨¤&., 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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#&#.,¨¤¨,¨ 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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