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§¤&.,§£,¨# water, stone rings and floating moss. ,£##@.,¤££
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§.,@§¨,,.§ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,,,@¤,.££@
..¨.¨.§¤¨. orange tin radio and a translucent £&....¨¨@&
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§@#£@&££ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤#§¤##@@
&§¤@&@@# through the ground just how large it is. ££§§@&@#
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@¤#£@§¤&£& 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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#&@§£&&£#¤ particle board for it to dry on, but #£¤@¤#@¤#§
§#£#@### she is worried and wants me to #¤¤#&@¤##&
#@&£&@@§## throw it away. @#¤@¤#&¤&@
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