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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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.¨,.¨#§#,¨ orange tin radio and a translucent ¤&,.@.,¨&£
§¨,.¨¤,,§¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. @.#¨@¤.¨¤¨
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,,£.##¨¤,¨ to get up, still looking at the @.£@.&@¤@,
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§,@,.@#,,@ hands, who are busy putting things in ¤#.@#,£..@
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£,#.¤.,,¨, the house, not yet really in the ,¨§¤.§&.§@
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#&@..¨@&.. 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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£¤,.£.&..@ 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 ,¤.&#¨¨£¤,
£¨#,§¨¨.&@ throw it away. ,£&¤¨@¨&¨&
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