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,¤.,,.£@,¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. &&,..¨##@.
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&,@&,,£¤@£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ...¤¨¨¨,£#
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£¨§&@#.§.. direction of sound rather than at my ,.&&¤#.£§,
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,@£#,¨@@&, 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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£¨§,&¨¨¨§£ roughly seven centimeters long. it's .&§&.§#@,¤
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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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