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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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.£¤§#¨,&&¤ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,£&&£.,,¨¨
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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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££§¤@#&@££ 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 ¤£££@#@&¤§
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&£#@@&¤@¤¤ particle board for it to dry on, but ¤§£&§¤¤@@£
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