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.:~^^§$§%# water, stone rings and floating moss. #%§$§^^~:.
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...=^†/§#@ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @#§/†^=...
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,.,¨^»=@$@ hands, who are busy putting things in @$@=»^¨,.,
.,=*$%#¶## my pockets. ##¶#%$*=,.
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,,«=†*## radio (now dented) but also a small ###&*†=«,,
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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 #§§/,..¨¨.
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