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,§¨¨&¨¤¨&# to get up, still looking at the ,¤.@¨#,@.§
,§,&&.#,,# direction of sound rather than at my ¨§¨¤,&.£¨§
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,¤.¤§.#,¨§ my pockets. .@¨#.#.£.&
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,#¨¤§¨@.¨§ the house, not yet really in the .&,@.#.¤,@
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¨#¨§¤.¤..& radio (now dented) but also a small .£,£,#¨§,§
,£,,§¨¤¨@¤ clay figure i've never seen before. it ,&¨¤,#.&¨#
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.&.#@,#,,& other belongings. .@¨§.£,¤,§
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.§.£&,£¨.@ it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .@¨¤¨@.#¨¤
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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 ¨#¨¤,&.&,&
¨¤,#&¨#..£ throw it away. ¨#¨¤¨@,#¨¤
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