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...,.¨¨,.. where the pine hands start to let .¨§¤¤..,.¨
@¤££#@§¤@# through light, horsemint on the rocky #¨¨¤..¤££&
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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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&¤@@#£¤¤¤& 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 §&¤&##§&#§
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&&¤£§§§¤§§ and i must've picked it up with my ¤@¤@££#@#&
&£&#£¤§@£& other belongings. &&@##@§&&§
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#@#§§£¤#@# 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 £¤£@£@###&
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