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§&&£¤@£@,. water, stone rings and floating moss. .,,.@@&¤@¤
§£#@#@#,.¨ you could've found me wallowing around ¤#@..&§§§¤
@¤£@§#..@£ on the southern shores until i got ¨#,¨¨¨¤&§&
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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 £...¨¤¤¨..
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£#¨.&&,¨,, 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 #..&£,¨,.#
,¨¨.§¤.¨¨¨ 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 #§£¤@@@£&¤
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