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.¨£¨@¨¨§#& they had been a swampworld with sylvan §&,@§@&&.@
§¨£&##¨¤¨. water, stone rings and floating moss. &,&@,,¨,§@
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.§.§.,§.,§ on the southern shores until i got .¨.#&§,¨§§
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.¤#,.¤£¤.£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨¨¤£#§¨¤..
,§¨£,#¨.@@ orange tin radio and a translucent .,@,¨¨§§£.
.§@£@&§,§, umbrella which i'm sitting on. ,.#¤¨,@..¤
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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 ,§¨.¤¤£§##
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@&££.¨§¨¤§ 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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.#&££§¨#£# 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 ,#§¨.£¨¤#£
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#,##.¨&#@£ particle board for it to dry on, but @£,@¨,#@@.
¤&¤¨@.@¨¨¨ she is worried and wants me to #¨#&§¨¤,.£
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