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,¤.,¨.,#.. water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨,&&,#£&&¨
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,¨¨¤,,#§£, ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ¨¤§#¨£.,#§
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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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@,.,£&§&.@ the house, not yet really in the ¤¨§.#&£&&,
#¨¨#.,,@&¨ 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. ¨£..¨&#,@,
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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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