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¤£¤¤@@§¤@& must've angered the sun, and today it ,¨&¨.££..¤
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#¤@,,¨§#@& sharp contrast for the stale black of @#.¨,,.£#§
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¨¨,,¤,.#¤@ snicker a bit. you usually get old #@&¤¨,#@,,
#&#,,¨¨¨#& 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 ,¨,§¤@..§£
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§&¨,§&..¤& applicable on earth, but not all. it ,,,,,¨@@.¨
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&&¤¤##&¤¨, reordered, some names i have never ,¤#£¨¨#@&£
#§¤&&&¤¨,@ heard. sometimes the dates are ,.¤¨¨.¨¤££
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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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..§@¤¤@§¨. for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨.@#¨¨&@#£
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