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,~~/*@&@@# must've angered the sun, and today it #@@&@*/~~,
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,,,:~:†@## take me seriously and i fear they ##@†:~:,,,
,,~=\*@#¶@ snicker a bit. you usually get old @¶#@*\=~,,
.,~;$£&@## before you learn the trade enough to ##@&£$;~,.
.,-~*=¤§@# take other people. but i do lead them #@§¤=*~-,.
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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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.,«:%£@¶@# drawing of a muscle cow, but i could #@¶@£%:«,.
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