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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 £@¤¤.¨&.,.
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¤¤¨£.¤,£@§ to get up, still looking at the ,£,¨§.,&.@
¨##&@¤#¨,, direction of sound rather than at my @¤,§§.¤£&.
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§,,¨,&§¨¨. my pockets. §.@£,#¨£§@
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@¨¤@¨¨,.@, 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 §@,§¤,.§,£
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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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