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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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£.#¨,¨.¤,, to get up, still looking at the £,¨¨,,&#,@
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§.¤.§&¨¤¤£ my pockets. §,@#,¨&.,¤
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,@¨,.#£@£. clearing where you at first can spot ,@.§&§.¨@.
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¤£¨§,#¤,,£ 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, .&#§@&,@#£
..¤@§,£¤¨, and i must've picked it up with my #¤,,.,£#,.
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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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£¨£.&£.¨£. particle board for it to dry on, but @#§##§§..,
&§@&@.#,@# she is worried and wants me to @¨.¨,¨.§¨¨
#,,¨,£§@&, throw it away. ¨#...,,@#¨
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