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¤£,¨,.¨.¨@ to west, getting broader and deeper and §&&§#@§&¤£
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¤¨¨¤,,.¨,¨ they had been a swampworld with sylvan .,¨,.§§,,§
,¨¨¨¨@@£## 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 ¤§.¨§#££.¨
.¤¤¤@&£¤¤# hands, who are busy putting things in §¨,.¨##.,.
¨¨&¤#¤@&@& my pockets. .,&#.¨¨,¤#
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¨###¨,£&## clay figure i've never seen before. it #...¨#@.,¨
,¨£¨,,¨&§¨ must have been laying in the wet dirt, .¨¤£...,#@
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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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