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£&&,¨¨@#@¤ to west, getting broader and deeper and .¨@¤.#@,#@
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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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¨£@,..¨¤£@ hands, who are busy putting things in ¨.¨¨¤£#,.#
@,£.¨.£,¨¨ my pockets. ¨.¨@¨¨&¨&£
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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 ,.£¤¨¤,.,.
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@..,@,¨¨@¨ other belongings. ,.#,@£.#@¨
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#§&#£&£§§£ on her stomach, feet in the air, ¤¨@¨¤¤¨¤,¤
..,¨.¨...¤ 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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