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#&%\=..,¨, must've angered the sun, and today it ,¨,..=\%&#
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$$:=,,,.,¨ the night. ¨,.,,,=:$$
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-¨¨.¨..¨¨¨ snicker a bit. you usually get old ¨¨¨..¨.¨¨-
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/»,.,.,.¨¨ take other people. but i do lead them ¨¨.,.,.,»/
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@¤*:~-.,¨¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨¨,.-~:*¤@
£^:~^¨,¨,, reordered, some names i have never ,,¨,¨^~:^£
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=*=~,,¨¨.¨ too quick, spilling all my notes on the ¨.¨¨,,~=*=
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