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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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£.¨.,,.&¨& 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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#..¨.,#¨¨¨ clearing where you at first can spot ¨#.£..,@,£
#¨.,.§@,.£ 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 ,§.@¤¨@¨£¤
.§§,..,,,. other belongings. @&¤¨¤§@#.@
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¨#@.,¨,.@& roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,,.§@,§,§&
#¨@.,¨¨#., freshly made, not yet completely dried. ,¨§,£##£.£
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,#&.¤@@¤,. particle board for it to dry on, but @.&§,¤#¤.#
#,&&,,,@,# she is worried and wants me to £@¨#£.¨#£§
##,§,¨@£§# throw it away. ,¤§.§.@,,.
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