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#&¤¨..¨@&@ slower as it goes. equisetum grow just §@§¨.£§@£¤
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,¨§£¨.¤¤.¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. #¨¨¤§#¨...
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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 @¤§§@&£#&§
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§£@#£¤#§§£ other belongings. @£¤&£¤¤£##
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&£§#£&#@&@ particle board for it to dry on, but @£&££&£¤£&
£§#£§@@§#£ she is worried and wants me to §@££##£§&@
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