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§†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†§
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§†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†§
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND =OUR= LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
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†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†
§†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†§
$§†=^¨¨¨¨¨ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¨¨¨¨¨^=†§$
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§$§†=^¨¨¨¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨¨¨¨^=†§$§
$§†=^¨¨¨¨¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨¨¨¨¨^=†§$
§†=^¨¨¨¨¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨¨¨¨¨¨^=†§
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#@§$§†=^¨¨ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¨¨^=†§$§@#
##@§$§†=^¨ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¨^=†§$§@##
#@§$§†=^¨¨ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¨¨^=†§$§@#
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§$§†=^¨¨¨¨ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨¨¨^=†§$§
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§$§†=^¨¨¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨¨¨^=†§$§
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