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£¨,@..¨£¤& pine arcades that were planted and ¤,¨,¨.,@¨§
§,&¤,.§.¨& forgotten. wild boars roaming &,,...¤&&,
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,£#£&¨£#,¨ is dark and moist, the canopy having §.¨.&&,£¨,
&,,¨@§¨¤.. already soaked up all the sun. &¨.§.££@,.
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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 ,,&,&£¤¨£&
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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 £,§§§£§,¨§
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#¤£.&@§¨¤§ clearing where you at first can spot ¤§,¨,.,.¨¤
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&§¤§#&£&,. 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 ##¨#¤.,¨§&
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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 .£#@@§§#§.
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