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&¤££¤§£,.£ forgotten. wild boars roaming #¨¨,¨.¤&§§
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&@§¤,..¨,. already soaked up all the sun. §£¨.¨@&.¨¤
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¨.,£#...¨£ to west, getting broader and deeper and &¤§§¨,¤&¨,
&£¨¨¨¨£¤.. slower as it goes. equisetum grow just &¤&¨,¨,,,#
#.¨#&.¨.,# where the pine hands start to let @¤,.@£&&,.
,¨¨,.¨¤&,, through light, horsemint on the rocky @,,.,@§.¨¨
§§§¤&...¨§ river bed. ¨,#¤.¨.¨§&
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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 £#¨,#,,¤#,
,.§&@.¨&§¨ 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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..¤¨,@&.¨¨ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ,&&,¨¨.£¤£
,¨,,,.,¨&§ 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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..¨¨,,,,§§ on her stomach, feet in the air, @¤,,,.§##¤
.¤@@&£§,.. roughly seven centimeters long. it's §,,##.¨¤£.
¨¨##¤&¨,£& freshly made, not yet completely dried. ,..¨.¨,,¨.
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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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