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#&&&@#&#@¤ direction of sound rather than at my ¤&#¤§#§£#§
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¤§@&#£@£¤# my pockets. ¤#§§§@§§&§
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&&#@&§£¤## the house, not yet really in the #£££#£#¤¤&
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£@£§¤@§#£¤ radio (now dented) but also a small ¤££@@¤&§£@
#@@#£¤§§&§ clay figure i've never seen before. it @§&@##&¤¤&
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£#§#££¤&§§ other belongings. ¤£&¤@@£@&£
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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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