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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 ¨¤.#.£¨@#,
£.#.¨@.£¨§ 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. .#.#,¤.#@¨
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§,&.£&.&., 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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¤,§.£¤,£., 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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¤,£¨¨§¨£,§ 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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#¨§¨¤£,#,¨ 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 ,¤.&.&¨,#¨
#.£,&&¨@,¨ throw it away. ¨&.@,@,@§,
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