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..#¤¤&#@§£ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨¨..,.¨.¨,
#.,££@&£¤§ you could've found me wallowing around @¤£&§@£#&&
..,.@&§¤&§ on the southern shores until i got &£@¤§£#§£@
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§¤§#.¨¤§#¤ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .,,¨#§...¨
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...¨&§,.¨¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. £#¨.§@,.,,
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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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##£§§&&&¤# 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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#&###@¤@£@ on her stomach, feet in the air, §£#£§¤#&&#
@§&#£¤§¤£¤ roughly seven centimeters long. it's @&§#£¤&£&#
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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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