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.§#,,£¨,£¤ must've angered the sun, and today it ,.&§.,£.,&
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#¤¨¨.@&¨@# take me seriously and i fear they &¨¨.¤¤@¨..
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.¤.¨£.#¨§. safely forward, every night. ¨,&.¨¤£.§#
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&£££.¤#§.¨ book of stars, is a combined map, £,.§.¨@¨£¤
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,£..¤.,¨¨& below which are written coordinates in .@¨,#.#&¤¤
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@.¤#@£¨,£¤ reordered, some names i have never @¨£§#&£¤¨@
.§¤..¨@.£, heard. sometimes the dates are #&¤,.¨¨,§#
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¤&@¨...£#§ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ,,.,£,£.,.
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