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&.,,,&£,#& already soaked up all the sun. ¨,,.,&.£&.
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.¨.£¨&.§¨, through light, horsemint on the rocky ,#£#¨,¨¨@.
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&,§@§,¨&¨£ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ££#.@¨§.¨£
¨§@¨¨¤¨@&# water, stone rings and floating moss. ¤.,§#@&&¨¤
¤@.§¨#¤¤,, you could've found me wallowing around ¨&¨¤..¨¨@§
¨¨¤¤@#.¨&¨ 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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.,¤¨#@¤,,£ 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 ..¨§¨&¨£&#
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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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