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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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#,§.¤¨§¨¤. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an ,¤,@.£.,&¨
&.@,#.&,#, orange tin radio and a translucent ,&¨@,§.@¤¨
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¤.£.£¨§,&, to get up, still looking at the ,@,#¨¤,@&,
£,#.£,£.¤¨ direction of sound rather than at my ¨¤.&.@.¨§.
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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 ¨&¨§¨§,¤@.
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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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