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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 £.&§.§,£.,
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§¨#¨¤,.§¨& ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £¨@@¨#¨@.,
¤,@.#,&§.@ orange tin radio and a translucent @¨,@¨§¨#¨¤
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£,#.¤,&@,# to get up, still looking at the ¤¨¨§¨¤.¤,#
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§.&.¤¨.&.# 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 #.,§.£,§.§
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@¨¤.&.,£.# 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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