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.#.¤.£#¤,. must've angered the sun, and today it §¨£¤§@.§.¤
#¤§¤@.,¤¨, still burns us strangely. but with the ¤£¨.¨§¤¤#&
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&¨¨#&,£@., before you learn the trade enough to ¨#¤,,¨,§&@
#¨¤¨&¤¨§¨# take other people. but i do lead them @¨¤,¨,@¨.,
#¤##,§&¤@. safely forward, every night. @§&,.#£¨.&
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,£#¤&.&§,. something going on ahead. those around £¨¨,,.,,£,
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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 &¨¤¨¤&&#¨,
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£,,,,,¨¨£¨ reordered, some names i have never ¨¨§£¨&.#¤.
#¨,¨,¨.#¤¨ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨¤.¤£#@¨##
#¨....#,@# impossible. &@#,,,£¤,.
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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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