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##$$$†:=-, calendar and  timepiece  as long  as you ,-=:†$$$##
#@@#£§*=^, 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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##@£¤†\«:¨ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ¨:«\†¤£@##
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#@¶#$%^~,. for right  now. i've  stopped breathing. .,~^%$#¶@#
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##£¤¤*:«:¨ too quick, spilling all my notes on  the ¨:«:*¤¤£##
#@@&$%^~.. ground. one  lands on my foot,  it is  a ..~^%$&@@#
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