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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 &#§@&@£@@¤
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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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