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#,¤¨§,.@¨£ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,#,£¨£.£,,
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@¨#,@¨.&¨@ on the southern shores until i got .¤,@,¤.@¨¨
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§.#,¤¨@@¨¤ 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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£¨¤¨&¨¤@.# 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 ,&¨#.¤.#,.
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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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