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,¨¨,,¨§#,, to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨¨¨¨¨§##.¨
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,,¨.¨.,¨.¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¤¤.,¨¨§¤@
,#§#&&#¤&. you could've found me wallowing around ,¨..§¤¨.@.
,¨£###&£¨, on the southern shores until i got §¤&.,.¨..¨
&¨,@¤¤§¨.¨ bitten. #&.,¤§£&#¤
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#@&,,&££@¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ¨¨¤£££,¨.£
££.,¨,&@,. umbrella which i'm sitting on. #¨.##,,§.,
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.§§@§¤£,.# invisible to my eyes but i can feel &,¨¤¤&##¤,
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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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.¤@§§.¨¨,. 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 ¤#§.¨@#,,.
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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 &¨.,.¤§¨,,
..,¨,.@#,, throw it away. ¨.@&¨,¨¨#&
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