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#¤@§@#,,¤@ already soaked up all the sun. ¤&&£¨.&#¨.
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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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.§¤£¤¨¨¨.& umbrella which i'm sitting on. .,.££##...
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§@§§&£§¤£@ through the ground just how large it is. §@@#@##@§¤
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&@&@§&#&## the soil is muddy. i slip when trying §&£@§@££¤¤
§@@£§&§£@# 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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@&&@#§#§#& 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 ¤@#@@@§§§&
@&§#§£&¤§# 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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