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#¨¨,.¤¤§¤, through light, horsemint on the rocky ##&£§£#.,§
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,¨§£¨.££#£ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨,&@.,,¨¨¨
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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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#¤§§@#§£¤§ 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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&§#§###£## the house, not yet really in the £¤&£@¤£§§&
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£&#@£¤&&#£ 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, §£¤§£#§§§§
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##@&¤¤#¤§§ particle board for it to dry on, but §¤&£&@@@#¤
@££¤£¤##¤¤ she is worried and wants me to #&&¤¤@£§&£
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