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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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#.§.&.&,@, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an .§,§,&¨§,¨
£¨£,§¨¤,£. orange tin radio and a translucent ,§¨§¨£¨¤,¤
£.#.@,§,@¨ umbrella which i'm sitting on. ¨§¨§,¤.£..
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¤,§¨£.@¨¤¨ invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¨@.&.£.£.£
#,§.§¨#¨¤. 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 ¨#,&.&.#¨£
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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 ,§.¤¨§.§,@
#.£,&.§.&¨ other belongings. ,§¨@,£.¤.,
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¤,&¨&.¤.@. it's a statuette of a girl laying naked .&¨§.#¨£.,
¤.#¨#,£.#, 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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