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¨¨#.¨&¨¤¤¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. §.£¨#.§.£.
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§,§¨#¤..§¨ 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 .#¤#¨¤£¤¨¨
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#.£,¨¨£¨&¨ clay figure i've never seen before. it ,.@£@..¨¨.
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#,.,¤¨§¨,. and i must've picked it up with my #&££¨&#,,.
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@¤££¤.#£¤¤ particle board for it to dry on, but ¨@§,¨.¨¨..
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