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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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,.¨#&&.¨.. but now i'm further back, on solid ¨,§¨¨¨¤¨£§
§.,£,£@.¨, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨..#.¨¨,@¤
§@¨,¨@£@¨, orange tin radio and a translucent @.,.#¨¨.@.
@¤#,,§.#§, umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,&.¨¨§¨.,.
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#¨,.§,§¤,. invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨¨.£¨.&,.¨
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§¨¨,@¨.,&. to get up, still looking at the .§£.¨¨.§.¨
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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 &,¨..,,¨@§
£#,.,@£&.. must have been laying in the wet dirt, £@,,,..,@,
#@¤¨,¤¨¤§¨ and i must've picked it up with my ,¤#.¨...,,
§,¤#.¨.#@@ 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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