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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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@.,¨§&,.¨# on the southern shores until i got &¨§&¤,¨¨,#
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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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,,&.&@¨§¤# the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¤.£.¤¤#@@&
#,§@§,¤#.¨ to get up, still looking at the £¤£§¤,.¨,.
##&.,@¤,&, direction of sound rather than at my ¨¨¨,.#.¨.¨
£.¨§,#¨&§@ hands, who are busy putting things in ,.,,¨£@.¨¨
&&.#¤£¤&., 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, ¨¤#.&#§¨.,
@@¨¨...¤.§ 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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