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#¤..¨¨¤.,@ water, stone rings and floating moss. &,#¨¨..¨.¨
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#¤¨¨¤¨¤&&¤ on the southern shores until i got ,¨£,...¨§#
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@,¨¤§.¤¨#§ orange tin radio and a translucent ,£££¨.¨..&
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§£@.¤.#£#§ to get up, still looking at the ¨£,.§§¨&£.
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,§§.§£#,§, radio (now dented) but also a small @¨,¨,#.¤&£
#¨£@.¨£&£# clay figure i've never seen before. it ¤¨¨¨§¤§..§
¤§.§.¤..¨, must have been laying in the wet dirt, #,,@,,@¨@.
.£&¤¤£¨,¨§ and i must've picked it up with my ¤¨&#.£#£&&
¤¨¨¨,¤.¨@£ other belongings. &#.#&.¨¨.#
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@&.,@¨§§¨£ 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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