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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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#¨§,,#.£,, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an #£.,§&,£¨.
£§§¤,@#@&¨ 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 ¤,.&£&.§,.
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¨&&£¨.#,@, my pockets. ,.&#&.@¨.#
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,£,¤¨¤&¨., backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my £.,@&,¨£.£
&@£@#@,¤¨, radio (now dented) but also a small §£.&.&.§¤#
..¨.¨,#&@, clay figure i've never seen before. it ..#£#£§£..
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.,,,.¨¤#.@ 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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.¨£,,¨¨¨,§ particle board for it to dry on, but £§,£@@¨§§§
¤¨&£.,.,,¤ she is worried and wants me to ,¨@@..@£¨,
§#§,@¨...@ throw it away. #.#¨§.£,¤¨
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