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,^=/*@£@## still burns us  strangely. but  with the ##@£@*/=^,
,-~^%*^^@# sunset the  air comes raining back  down #@^^*%^~-,
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,¨,¨,~†£¤@ book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, @¤£†~,¨,¨,
¨:-*§%£### calendar  and timepiece  as long  as you ###£%§*-:¨
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.,»;*$#£@# grid  of nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, #@£#$*;»,.
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,,==%££@## both space and  time.  a  lot of  it  is ##@££%==,,
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