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..==*%¤@## before you  learn  the  trade  enough to ##@¤%*==..
.^»=*$@@#@ take other people.  but  i do  lead them @#@@$*=»^.
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,:-\†%§### something going on  ahead. those  around ###§%†\-:,
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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 #=\^¨¨¨¨,.
¨.,¨.«*¤#@ both  space and  time. a  lot  of  it is @#¤*«.¨,.¨
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.~-:*¤&### reordered,  some  names  i  have   never ###&¤*:-~.
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¨^=\=%£&§£ too quick, spilling all my notes on  the £§&£%=\=^¨
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