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¨@,#.£.@,@ water, stone rings and floating moss. @¨,¤.¤.#¨£
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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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,§.¤,§,§¨§ 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 #,#@,¤,&,§
,#.£¨§¨#,# 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 &.@&,@.§¨¤
,£,¤.&.£.£ 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 ¤¨.¤¨@.§¨#
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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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