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,£@..£#@¨§ take other people. but i do lead them ,@&&¨,&§&¨
¨&.¤.@¨¨#§ 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, ¤¨&¤¨.#£.§
¨¤§&&¤#¤¤, below which are written coordinates in §@&.#¨&¨@¤
£¤¨.¨,,,¨# both space and time. a lot of it is &¨¨£&@@#@.
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¨£#@¨,,¨.# hints of other places - some stars @¨#¤§.¨,¨£
¤¤¨.£,¨.¨& reordered, some names i have never ,¤@..&¨¨¨§
,,¤.§£..,£ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨§¨¤.#@,¨&
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¤.¤¤#¤&,£, for right now. i've stopped breathing. ,@@¨¨.£§¨,
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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 .#¨,.§,&,¨
.&,.&##&&@ care less right now. .¤&¨¨&@§@.
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.,&@¨.@.¨¨ the sky. @#,,.¨¨£.#
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