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.,~=†§&¶#@ sunset the air comes raining back down @#¶&§†=~,.
.¨.¨:~%#@# and gets thick enough to breathe. 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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¨.«^^£§#@# 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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¨^«/†§§£## hints of other places - some stars ##£§§†/«^¨
..¨.~*§%@# reordered, some names i have never #@%§*~.¨..
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.-=*†£¤¶## impossible. ##¶¤£†*=-.
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..~;*%£#@# drawing of a muscle cow, but i could #@#£%*;~..
¨,»;*@£¤£@ care less right now. @£¤£@*;»,¨
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