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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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#¨,,@,.@., 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 .@.§&,,£#.
.@¨¤¤¤.,#, 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 §..@£@.£&.
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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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