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#,§.¤,£.¨§ they had been a swampworld with sylvan ¤,#£¨§,@@¨
§¤£¤&§@#.§ 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 &§,¨¨@,,¨,
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&.&@¨@£@,¨ through the ground just how large it is. ¤#,¨§,,£,£
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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 §¤§#,£&&..
¨¨,@¨@£@¨# 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 ,£,¨¨§.,.¨
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..§&.£¨¨§. 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. &¨¤¤,&§#,&
#.¤&§&£¤,. .§&¨¤#..&¤
,#¤¨¨¨,,&, 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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