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£,@#,#,.,# water, stone rings and floating moss. &¨¨¨£#,¨@.
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,§.££¨,&#, orange tin radio and a translucent @&&¨..¨¨§.
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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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,##,££&@¨£ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤#¤.£.&¨&§
¤.¤&¨.¨§@§ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,¨§§@&§¤,@
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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 ¨¤.@¤.¤.&¤
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