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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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#¨¨#@&,.,, to get up, still looking at the @#,¤¨,¨£&§
#,&,,¤.,,. direction of sound rather than at my ¨&§¤¨¨&...
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..¤§,&¨,.¤ my pockets. @.§§¤¨&¨§,
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§&,§#¨§.£& clearing where you at first can spot &£¤,§#.¤.&
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&&¨£,.&&,, 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 §#¨@.,@.,&
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&&£¤#¨¨¤&@ 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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