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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 @¨£¨¨£¨£¨&
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¨#.&.&.¤,& below which are written coordinates in &¨&,.§.&¨&
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,@.¤,@.§,# hints of other places - some stars @,&,#¤¨¤.¤
.@¨¤,#,&,§ reordered, some names i have never §.£,.£,@¨&
,£¨¤,@¨£¨& heard. sometimes the dates are @,@¨@§,¤¨§
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¨&.@,¤.£¨£ for right now. i've stopped breathing. ¤¨£¨@§,@.#
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.@,#.@.¤¨£ 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 @¨¤.£¤.§.£
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