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,@¨#§§§..& they had been a swampworld with sylvan §§£,#@£&#&
#¤§.,,#.@@ water, stone rings and floating moss. ¨¨&§...,,&
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,¤£¨¤¨.#£¨ on the southern shores until i got #§#£,.,£@,
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,,&§@#,.&¤ umbrella which i'm sitting on. .¤,,&..,£§
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#¤#&@&#.¤¤ 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 .,£¤#,¨#¤.
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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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@£§#£#,&,¨ my mom is here now. i ask her for some £¤..,¨..¨¨
..¨,¨@£#¨¨ particle board for it to dry on, but ,£.,,..¨,§
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.,¨¤#,@@#¨ throw it away. .&,...,£¨&
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