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£,¨#.#&..¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¨¤.¤¤.,#¨.
.#.,,&¤@.. water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨,&£&¨¨¤,
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@.,&.¨.£#@ on the southern shores until i got #¨.,.#§#,,
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£@,¨¤..¤¨¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨¤,¨#¨..,#
,¤#,.&,¨@¨ orange tin radio and a translucent .¨#¨.£...#
.&@¤..@,.§ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ..¨@,.#.,,
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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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..¨,#¨¨&¨¨ 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 .¨&,,,@¨£@
§,,,,.¨,£. must have been laying in the wet dirt, #.¨#,,¨¨§@
#¤.¨,..¨¨& and i must've picked it up with my @&,.¤,,.@¨
¤£§.¨,¨,¨¨ other belongings. §¤§.¨@¨,¨¨
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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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