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§&.¤@.,.,£ where the pine hands start to let #£,¤.¨¤#@¨
¤.&@¨@.,,& through light, horsemint on the rocky £.#&#,#¨¨&
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@.,.&,&¨£¨ bitten. §@,&.¨.@,.
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¤&¨¨¨.#.¨, orange tin radio and a translucent @@§¤§£,,.¨
&.@¨¨¨¤#.. umbrella which i'm sitting on. @¨,,¨.&,¨.
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.¨@¨,,¤#¨# 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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,¨&¨@¨.,,§ backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my @&.£#¨..&¤
£¨&###.¨¨# 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 ¨,&#¨#¨#,£
¤..&¨#£#£¨ other belongings. ¨¨&.@@#¤¤@
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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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