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£¨¤,&,£@.@ snicker a bit. you usually get old .#¤,¤,¤¨@.
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§¨#¨@,¨#,¤ safely forward, every night. ¨.¤,#¨¤.§.
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£,#,@.§&¨§ book of stars, is a combined map, .#£¨@¨§¨£¨
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#.#¨#¨@¤¨£ know what year it is. every page is a .§&,&.¤¨§.
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§¨¤¨#.§#¨£ below which are written coordinates in ,#&.&.§.&.
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&,¤,@.§@,@ reordered, some names i have never ¨§&,¤.&,&¨
@¨§,¤¨.§¨§ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨,#¨@,§,#.
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#.&¨£¨¨¤,& for right now. i've stopped breathing. ,¨#¨#,#,¤.
#,#,&¨@§¨§ i sling open the book of stars a bit ¨@&,&.#¨¤¨
£¨&.£¨¨¤¨¤ 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 ,¨¤,@.§,§.
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