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§¨§&,¤,¨¤£ must've angered the sun, and today it ¨#.,.¤§.,#
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.@¨,§¤¤¨.¤ before you learn the trade enough to ¤¨,§@#¤.¨,
§¤.#.,£.@§ 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 ¨,,#¨§.,#.
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@.§¨,.,@#¨ 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. ,,¤@¨,#§.§
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.¨§¤§§£¨&§ too quick, spilling all my notes on the ¤§£@&££,¨.
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¤#..¨£,&,# drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ,.,.,¤§¨.¨
.¤,,££¤§£¨ care less right now. ,,.¨@,&¨¨#
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