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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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,£.¤.#.#¨£ know what year it is. every page is a .§,¤¨@¨§.@
¨@,&.&,¤¨£ grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ,£¨&¨§.£¨¤
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,&.&,&¨&.& applicable on earth, but not all. it .£,§.§.#,£
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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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¨£.#.¤.¤¨¤ the sky. ¨£.§,@,@¨&
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