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¨-~==£@£## still  burns us strangely. but with  the ##£@£==~-¨
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.-«^*%£#@# carries  with  it  smells from far away, #@#£%*^«-.
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,,=\*%£@## before  you  learn the  trade  enough to ##@£%*\=,,
.,~\†$@### take other  people. but i  do  lead them ###@$†\~,.
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.,«†%¤&### calendar and timepiece  as  long  as you ###&¤%†«,.
.,=^=*££## know what year it  is.  every page is  a ##££*=^=,.
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,:~/%@#### below  which are  written coordinates in ####@%/~:,
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.,~:%$&### hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ###&$%:~,.
..~»~†@¤¤£ reordered,   some  names  i  have  never £¤¤@†~»~..
.^»†^£&### heard.    sometimes    the   dates   are ###&£^†»^.
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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 ¶%%%/*~,¨.
.¨¨,..=†¤# drawing  of  a  muscle cow, but i  could #¤†=..,¨¨.
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