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.,=:%$¤@%¶ but now i'm further back, on solid ¶%@¤$%:=,.
..~^^¤%$*£ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an £*$%¤^^~..
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.,-:%$§£@@ to get up, still looking at the @@£§$%:-,.
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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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.-~†%@&£@# particle board for it to dry on, but #@£&@%†~-.
,,.,~~=§§# she is worried and wants me to #§§=~~,.,,
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