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.¨&.£¤§¨., to west, getting broader and deeper and ¨@##.,§¤¤.
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&,,¤¨¤&¨,¨ where the pine hands start to let &.£#¤§¨¤¤.
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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 ,¨,¤,...,.
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£..&§¤&££, through the ground just how large it is. §¤¤.,,,¨.@
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#£§,¨,.#¨¤ the soil is muddy. i slip when trying ¨@¤,.,,¤@&
,.£¨.¨@#¤¤ 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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£¤,...¤.¨. clearing where you at first can spot ¨..,..¨&..
,#¨.,&&¨.. 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 ¨¨¨#.¨@.,¨
,.&.,&..£, must have been laying in the wet dirt, ¨.¤§.¤£..£
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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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