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¨.¨§,£¤,.. safely forward, every night. ,£&#.,#¨.,
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¨¨£¨,.,..¤ 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 ,.§,.#,.@,
¨,¨¨£..&¨, applicable on earth, but not all. it £¨¨£.,£¨,&
§,,¨.@¨,£¨ 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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@¨¨¤¨,&.¨¤ 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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