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£&£¨.&£,.. water, stone rings and floating moss. §§¤¨¨§£#£@
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.@&¨¨¨¨..¨ ground, in shoulder-high grass, with an @#£¤#,....
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.§¤..@£@#. umbrella which i'm sitting on. ££§..,.@@.
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,,..,,,.., through the ground just how large it is. ¨.¨¨,¨¨.¨¨
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£&§#@§¤£## direction of sound rather than at my £&£§@#£§££
#§§@##&@¤¤ hands, who are busy putting things in &§#@§##&##
@##&&#&£¤# my pockets. ££¤&&£&#§&
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§§##¤§££## radio (now dented) but also a small £§#&§&§¤£@
£@§§&&¤#@£ clay figure i've never seen before. it §£@#&§#&§#
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£##@£#£@§£ roughly seven centimeters long. it's #£§#¤@##§&
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