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..¨,..¨&§¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨@§&#¨,§§
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&&,,..,£¤¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an &£,,#¤£&¨,
¨.¨#&¤,,,¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ¨¨.¨.§£¨..
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.§@.,,§@¨, invisible to my eyes but i can feel .§¤.¨§£&&,
,¨..£¨,¨,. 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 £@¤§#&£¤#£
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¤§¤¤£@¤¤§@ must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¤&£@##¤¤§#
@&#&#£¤§§@ and i must've picked it up with my #&¤§&&£&¤&
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&¤&#@¤@#@@ 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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