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#,,¤@,.¨.@ through light, horsemint on the rocky ,££.¨¤@#£§
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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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§#@§£.¨#&. but now i'm further back, on solid ¨@&..§§..@
£@¤§,,¨.¨. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,..,.,.,¨¨
¨¤¤.,§#¤¤# orange tin radio and a translucent ¨@¤#&¤¤¤£.
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§&&#,.¤£@& through the ground just how large it is. §&£@@@,¨£¤
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.¨¨¨¨,..., to get up, still looking at the .,,,¨¨¨..¨
£§¤&¤§&#&£ direction of sound rather than at my &#£@@¤§¤£#
§§§#§@#£@& hands, who are busy putting things in ##¤@@§£&&&
#¤&#@§£§§¤ my pockets. ¤@£#&&¤&§£
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@§¤&@£§@&& 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, §@&#¤££#&¤
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##¤¤£@£¤&¤ she is worried and wants me to £§#@&&#§&§
§£&¤£§§&&¤ throw it away. @#§£§§§§£#
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