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,¨¨.,,@&@¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan #¤&.#.¨¨,@
.¨¨¨.£¨,@& water, stone rings and floating moss. ..£#£.¨.&§
.¨,¨#@,#¨@ you could've found me wallowing around ¨#¨,@¨.£,§
.,¨§,&¤&£¨ on the southern shores until i got ¤¤,&£,§@§@
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§.&@,.§#,£ orange tin radio and a translucent @¨#,@,,¨§.
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§.,@.£,..¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel #¨¤,§.@&&@
¤¨¤@&£¨¨,. 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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&¨#.¤.£¤.. 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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£.,.@§§¨¤. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked &,#§@§.,,§
¤¨.&..§£§, 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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