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£§¤¨,@&¨,# already soaked up all the sun. §¤§&¨¨#£§@
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.¤§@¤.,¨¨¤ through light, horsemint on the rocky #§,,#£¨¨¨¨
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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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.¨££#§#£¨. ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @££§¤¨,,,,
@,,@#¤#.,. orange tin radio and a translucent #§¤#,¨&&&¤
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,¨.¨.,#&§§ through the ground just how large it is. .,¨¨¨¤¤@&¤
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&,¨..#¤,¨, 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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,¤£#§,..¨, clearing where you at first can spot ,.¨.¨,§¤§¨
,¨@¤.¨@&&£ 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 ££¨¨¨¨£,.§
.¨.¨.,§§£¤ 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 ¨£¤.,#§@&,
#&&&#,,¨., freshly made, not yet completely dried. ¨,¨..¨¤¤..
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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 ¨,&@§#¨..¨
,£..£#,¨,, throw it away. .¨,#¤.,&&,
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