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¤&&@£¤¨,#¤ water, stone rings and floating moss. &§,,§#&&&#
##¤£§...¨, you could've found me wallowing around ,,,¨,§£@£§
@¤@£¨¨£&§# on the southern shores until i got @¤&£..&#£¤
£§¤.¨¨.§@. bitten. .#§¨,,.#&&
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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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&..@&,¨,¨. 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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.,.#&#§@£, 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 &£.,§&.,.¨
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¤¨,§£¤£@&@ 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 ¨#£§@§&.¨¨
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