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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 #,&@@.¨,,¤
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¤§&@&,&¨£@ my pockets. ...£.@§..£
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