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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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£#¤§&#¤¤&& invisible to my eyes but i can feel ¤£¤¤&§#§§@
¤##@¤#£#£@ through the ground just how large it is. #£&§@¤#¤&@
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#@£#£§&£&& the soil is muddy. i slip when trying §#¤#@&#¤£¤
#£¤§£@@@@@ 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 &#@#&&£¤££
£@&@§¤@¤&§ other belongings. #£¤&&¤¤@¤&
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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 #¤&£@@£#§£
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