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,,,»;*$@#@ and gets thick enough to breathe. it @#@$*;»,,,
.-=;†$@@@# carries with it smells from far away, #@@@$†;=-.
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,:»*$£@@## sharp contrast for the stale black of ##@@£$*»:,
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,,~:§%£¶## take me seriously and i fear they ##¶£%§:~,,
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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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,.^«^^£&¶# book of stars, is a combined map, #¶&£^^«^.,
¨-«;*£§@@# calendar and timepiece as long as you #@@§£*;«-¨
,¨,»††*£@# 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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¨,~«:$$§@# reordered, some names i have never #@§$$:«~,¨
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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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