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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 .,£¨¨...§#
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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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,£¤&§¨@@., radio (now dented) but also a small ¤@£&¤¨.§§¨
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...¤.¤@¤,, and i must've picked it up with my @§@¨¨#,,¨.
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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 &£&§.@¨&&,
,§¨#,§.&&. throw it away. ,¨.,§@@§.£
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