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,¤¤#§£.#,¨ safely forward, every night. ¨,¨¤§.##¤¨
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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 .¨.¤.,£..£
§¨,&@&#¨., both space and time. a lot of it is .¨#§,¤§.@.
£¨¤.,¨¤,¨@ applicable on earth, but not all. it .&¨££.§§#§
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.£§££@,@## heard. sometimes the dates are ,§,@£&¨.#@
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#,#¨.,¤,¨, for right now. i've stopped breathing. @,.#,..§.¨
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¤,¨...&#¤# drawing of a muscle cow, but i could §.,..,#¤£.
#,,¨¨£,,¨§ care less right now. ¤¨.,¨#,¨§§
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