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&¤¤,,.,,¤. and gets thick enough to breathe. it #,¤&¨¨£,¨#
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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, #,,§,.##.#
&,@@¤£¤@.. 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 ¤,£,,#£.&#
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@&,#.,.#.¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ,,@###¨#..
.@&&,,§§,. hints of other places - some stars .@¨.¨##£¨&
£..@.#.¤,& reordered, some names i have never £¤,.#.¨@@@
§,@&##&@¤, heard. sometimes the dates are ,§¨&@.¤,..
&#¨,.¨¨¨¤# impossible. £@&.@&£..§
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#§&£¨¤¨¤,£ 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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