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..§¨¨#.#¨£ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨¤,@¨&,#.@
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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 .¤¨#.£,#¨@
.¨@,.§¨¤¨@ direction of sound rather than at my ,#.#,#¨#.@
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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, ,§¨#.@¨£¨£
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,¨£¨,£,&¨§ other belongings. ¨&,§.@,&¨£
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,,§.,@.§,# particle board for it to dry on, but .§¨§,@.§,¤
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¨.§,.#,§.& throw it away. ¨§.§¨#¨&,#
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