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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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@.,¤@¨¨£.. 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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¤¨§¨£¨,,.¨ 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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,&##&&.¨¨, then i run east toward my home. ,,.§#£&¨&.
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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 §.¨,,¨¨#@¨
§§¤¨.¨@.,. clay figure i've never seen before. it §,¨.,,#,£,
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£,£&@§#£,# other belongings. ¤¨¨£@...¤&
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&¤,..&£¤§, on her stomach, feet in the air, ¨,¨,#§.¤#¤
,§.¨&.,.&£ 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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