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§¨¤§&&,&¨# already soaked up all the sun. .,¤@...,£#
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.,.,&¨,¤,¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ,,¤#&,¤¨.§
¤¨¨¨#§,§£. water, stone rings and floating moss. §,@¨,@¤#¨£
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@£#,££§¨§¤ on the southern shores until i got £§¨¨¤§&.&¨
£,.£@¨¨#¤, bitten. £.&,#¨.@¤&
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.£,.¨..,¨. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £,¨.¨.¤.¨@
&§#..¨,,¨¨ 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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..¨#¤£@.,, 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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