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,.,&¤&§¤£¨ water, stone rings and floating moss. ,¨@@¤£¤§#,
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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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.#§&£&##@¤ direction of sound rather than at my ###£@&..,,
¨.§§&§#£§# hands, who are busy putting things in ¨£¤&#¨,§&#
,,.£#¤&£¤@ my pockets. ,.#¤.,¨,§.
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##§,¨&£¨¨& 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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.,¨.¨,,,.¨ roughly seven centimeters long. it's ,.¨...¨¨,¨
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¤#&@¤§£¤@¤ particle board for it to dry on, but ¤¤¤£#¤££££
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