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.,§#¨.§&&# through light, horsemint on the rocky £§.¨,.£&§¤
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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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#@&@#¤§@¤@ but now i'm further back, on solid .¨@£@£#£#&
£§#¤#¤££&§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ..,&&@#&&#
§@£@###@&§ orange tin radio and a translucent §&¨.&&&&§¤
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@§&¤@§@&££ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨¨,...@#.¨
,@§@@@§§£¤ through the ground just how large it is. #¤¤#&,,¨¨,
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££..@¤#§¨. to get up, still looking at the &#,¨£§¨,.¨
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#&¤¤,¨,,¤@ hands, who are busy putting things in &&&@§£.,¨.
.§¤.¨@&¨,. 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 &£#§¤¤#§,¨
#¨¨§¤&£#££ 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 @¨¨§#,¨&§¤
£#&§&§@§,, 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 @¤@&¨,¨.¨.
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