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,,,¨¤&¨,@¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. .,...,¤£¨.
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&¤.¨#&#£,, on the southern shores until i got .¨£§.¨@#¨.
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¤,,@#¨.¤#£ orange tin radio and a translucent ¨&#§&#¤@##
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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 £¤£@#£&§&£
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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 §&§£¤£¤@¤£
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&&@¤¤@£££§ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¤#§¤#@&¤#¤
¤§@£¤@#&£§ and i must've picked it up with my &£§¤£¤&§#§
¤£@§£#£@#£ other belongings. @#&£¤@@#&@
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&¤@@¤¤#£§@ roughly seven centimeters long. it's §£@@#&@£#£
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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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