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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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.,..¤.§¨#, take other people. but i do lead them ¤,¤£,,§,@,
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§#¤&¨@¨¤.@ book of stars, is a combined map, ¨&£¨,.,£,¨
&,.,#@@¤#§ 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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¨§¤@,¨¨§&. reordered, some names i have never ,,#@@&.§¨#
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.¨§#,§.§&& for right now. i've stopped breathing. #¨,¨..,#¤§
£,&¨#¤¤£.¨ i sling open the book of stars a bit §#...,,@¨,
&@#§#¨..#, 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 ¨¤.,£¨,@&#
#@@.,¤¨¤@& care less right now. ,§¤.¤@.@¨¨
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