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¤@,¨&#@¨¨@ water, stone rings and floating moss. @§¨,,¨£,,£
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.....,,.#@ to get up, still looking at the @&£¨¨@&@&,
£§§@#¤#.,¨ direction of sound rather than at my #£¨...&¤,¨
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,,&§¤¨,¨¨¨ my pockets. @£,¨.¨@§@#
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,@#£¨,££## backyard. from my pockets i retrieve my ¨,.&@,,,¨.
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,,.¨#¤,¨,. clay figure i've never seen before. it ¨,¨§@,,#¤¨
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