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&@§@#&,.., water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨.@§¤£#§,.
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.@,,.#&,£, 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 §§#§@..£¤,
.¨££§¨.¤,¨ hands, who are busy putting things in .,,.£,&,£#
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.¨,&.¨§§¨& the house, not yet really in the ,£,.££,§@¨
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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 ¤.@&&@&¨¨#
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§,.¤@,¨.,# roughly seven centimeters long. it's £@¤.&#,..¨
&,§.§¨¨,&, freshly made, not yet completely dried. ..&&,£¨¨¨@
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¨,,£&¤§.§¨ particle board for it to dry on, but ..@¨§##,.&
¨,§.,,¤#£¨ she is worried and wants me to ¨£§¤.,@.£&
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