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.@,,¤¤§@&, water, stone rings and floating moss. #,¤¨&#,,@.
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¤,¨#¨,&... bitten. ,,#¨.¨£@,£
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,¤@.@#&£#¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @¤£#,,§£¨.
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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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@.¤,§,§¨.¨ radio (now dented) but also a small #¨¤££,,,&@
#@£§¤&§.,, clay figure i've never seen before. it £¤..¤¨¨¤¨.
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#¨#¨¨§,¨#¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,£.¤,¨&¨,£
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¤@£.&.¨.§. particle board for it to dry on, but ¨#&¤,¤¨,#@
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