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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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.£¨#¨@£,§, direction of sound rather than at my ¤.£,§.¤.¨&
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,§,#.¤£¨¤. my pockets. £¨§¨£.§.,@
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,#¨@.£¤¨&. 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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.£,@.,#.#. 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 ¤¨@,@¨&.££
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