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,¨£@,,,,¨¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨¨£¤&#&#,,
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..&#¨¨#¨¨¤ on the southern shores until i got £&¨¨¤@..¨,
§¨¨.,¨¨.,¨ bitten. ¨¨..¨..£§#
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,¨¨&@¤@#§# but now i'm further back, on solid §@¤#@¨.¨¨.
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@¨,¨,&#¤,, 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 ¤&&£#£¤¤@@
#&¤&£&&§§§ direction of sound rather than at my #@&¤£¤¤&§#
&¤#@§¤££@@ 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 £#¤£@@@@§&
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#@£###¤&&§ and i must've picked it up with my @#§&&£@@#§
@&#&@£¤&§& 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 #§#@£@&@&&
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