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¤¨.¨&,¤§.. to west, getting broader and deeper and £..,¨¨,¨@¨
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§&..¤&.¤¨@ they had been a swampworld with sylvan .&.@¨¨..§,
&.¤,#,&#&@ water, stone rings and floating moss. .£&@@,,.#&
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&#&@¨@¨@¨. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #¨£@#¨.,£,
&,,¨£@@&@. orange tin radio and a translucent &@¤¨¨£.¨¤@
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,¨¨£,¤#§&§ through the ground just how large it is. &,¨¨&,,¨¨¨
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.¨.¤¨¤£.¤. direction of sound rather than at my &,&@,,¨,£,
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&,.¤.¨@§¨¨ my pockets. &..££¤.,£.
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@.#¤@@¤.&# clearing where you at first can spot ¤,£,,¤,.¨¨
#@&.,.,@#. 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, £&.§§&§§§£
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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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