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..&¤¤£,..§ must've angered the sun, and today it §,¤.@#,££¨
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.§¨£,§@¤¨, and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¨.#.&¤¨¨#£
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.¨,&.@#¨,¨ 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 ¨,&,&&¨,..
.¤§@.&.¨.¨ both space and time. a lot of it is ,§@£,¤.¨¨&
£.¨¤&¤,,,& applicable on earth, but not all. it @,,¤@@¨.£@
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@§£,£@.¤¨@ reordered, some names i have never @££.@@@§¨¤
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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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&&.#§&.&,¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in @£.§.¤&¨¨.
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