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§,.§##£,,. to west, getting broader and deeper and @@£§¨¨¨¨¨#
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§£#,.¨¨@#¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ££££,¨#,.§
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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 @@§&.¨@@#§
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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 &,¨¤£&§@¨.
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§¨.,,.,.,, 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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