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.:-^§$§@##   specific wavelengths (and sent them    ##@§$§^-:.
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.:-^§$§§§@ placement  in   the   galaxy,  and   our @§§§$§^-:.
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.:-^§$§@##    and we're both moving anticlockwise   ##@§$§^-:.
.:-^§§§$§# around  the galaxy. and we as a  species #§$§§§^-:.
.:-^§$§@## have learned to take all that in account ##@§$§^-:.
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...:^^$§§§   (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar    §§§$^^:...
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.:-^§$§@##  medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ##@§$§^-:.
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.:-^§$§@## the universe say it's  because you  need ##@§$§^-:.
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