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,¨..¨¨@.,. must've angered the sun, and today it #¨..¨@#&.,
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¤§,¨.£,@§, snicker a bit. you usually get old ¨¨.¤£#,.£,
§@§¨..,&¤& before you learn the trade enough to ¨.,§.£#¨,,
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§..§,¨¨..¨ 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 .¤,¨&¨#@..
,#¨@&,.&¨¨ both space and time. a lot of it is .,¤¨,¨##§¨
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#§¨¨.££§,, 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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.,,§,¨§,¤# 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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