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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 &£#£@££@&¤
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§@¤£§£§§§¤ radio (now dented) but also a small @#&££&£#@#
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#£¤£&@¤¤£& and i must've picked it up with my ¤££@@¤§&&£
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#§¤£&§@&@¤ particle board for it to dry on, but #¤&§§&££¤§
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