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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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&§..,@¨£¨¨ 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 §,,.£§,,,@
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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 ¤@&¤,@¤£..
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&§¨@,#@&,# other belongings. &¨§¨@¤&¤¤,
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,,¤&¤.#,., roughly seven centimeters long. it's §£.,¨&,¤¨&
#.@¨¨£&¤¨¨ freshly made, not yet completely dried. ..&.¨#£¤&¤
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¨&£,£¨,&&¨ particle board for it to dry on, but ¤£&#&.,#,.
,@,#£§.§.@ she is worried and wants me to ,..,,¤¨£&.
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