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.,«**££¶## water, stone rings and floating moss. ##¶££**«,.
.,~^§$§%£# you could've found me wallowing around #£%§$§^~,.
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.:»/^@¤@#@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @#@¤@^/»:.
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,:-=$¤¤£## clay figure i've never seen before. it ##£¤¤$=-:,
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..«;^@#£#£ throw it away. £#£#@^;«..
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