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...,....,, must've angered the sun, and today it ,,....,...
:¨,,,..¨.. still burns us strangely. but with the ..¨..,,,¨:
».¨.,.,... sunset the air comes raining back down ...,.,.¨.»
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§¤**~,¨,¨, before you learn the trade enough to ,¨,¨,~**¤§
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^»^¨,.,.¨, know what year it is. every page is a ,¨.,.,¨^»^
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:,¨¨¨.,¨,¨ below which are written coordinates in ¨,¨,.¨¨¨,:
..,,,.¨.,. both space and time. a lot of it is .,.¨.,,,..
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=,¨¨..¨¨.. hints of other places - some stars ..¨¨..¨¨,=
/~,,¨.¨¨.. reordered, some names i have never ..¨¨.¨,,~/
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