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.,,.&&,¨.. water, stone rings and floating moss. #..@@..#@.
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.§¨,#£¨,¤£ on the southern shores until i got ,@£#£§&£@,
,¨,,.,,,.@ bitten. ,.¤&&@#&.¨
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,¨¤§@,¨¨¨# orange tin radio and a translucent ,,§@#§¨,,.
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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 ££,¨¤¤.¨&¤
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.¨£&§@#£§@ clearing where you at first can spot ,¨¨,@&,¨.,
#.,@@¤@@£¤ the house, not yet really in the ¨&#¨.¨.&@§
,,¨.#@¤&#. backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨¨,,##¨¨¤§
,&&..£#&¨, radio (now dented) but also a small ¨#§¨.¨..¨.
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¨.§@¨.¤¨¨. and i must've picked it up with my ¨,.,,.#£¨.
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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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