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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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£@&£¤£@£&£ particle board for it to dry on, but £§@&@&&¤@£
¤#&§##§&&§ she is worried and wants me to ££&£&§#@&£
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