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¨~=---^&&# must've angered the sun, and today it #&&^---=~¨
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.^-\*@§### sharp contrast for the stale black of ###§@*\-^.
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.~~^^%¶@## take me seriously and i fear they ##@¶%^^~~.
,,~\^%&£@# snicker a bit. you usually get old #@£&%^\~,,
.-«\^£&@@# before you learn the trade enough to #@@&£^\«-.
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,--:%%§### safely forward, every night. ###§%%:--,
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.,~:$£##@# know what year it is. every page is a #@##£$:~,.
,:=/§*&@## grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ##@&*§/=:,
.,,¨,«-*§@ below which are written coordinates in @§*-«,¨,,.
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,,.¨.=;*$¶ reordered, some names i have never ¶$*;=.¨.,,
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