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¤,¨¨.§£,¨§ to west, getting broader and deeper and £¤#.,§,.¨.
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.¨&§¨¨£@@& through light, horsemint on the rocky .,.¨£¨,#@¨
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&§#,¨#¤,.. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨&#¤@§,,.,
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@¤..&¤.,@& bitten. ,.,,.@#§@£
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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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§¤£§§£@£@§ invisible to my eyes but i can feel £&£§£¤§@¤£
@@@##§&&£¤ through the ground just how large it is. ££&&&§@@¤£
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§#£§§¤£¤£# the soil is muddy. i slip when trying #@£§@&@££@
¤@§£#¤£### 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 @¤§§@&§#§@
@§¤&¤@#@§# 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 §£#§#@£#@#
&£¤#@@@&§& other belongings. @§§&@£@¤#&
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¤£¤&£#£&¤& 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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