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..,&,#£@¨£ must've angered the sun, and today it ¤.£¨¨¨#§§.
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,£,.&¨#.@# sunset the air comes raining back down .¨@¨§&¨¤£.
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§,¤@,.¨£@, take me seriously and i fear they @¨&¤£&&&,.
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,§¤#¨#£@¨# before you learn the trade enough to ¨@.,.¨£§&,
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@,¤,&.§,#£ safely forward, every night. .£¨¨#£,£@£
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.,¨¨,.@.§¤ something going on ahead. those around £¨¨¨£§§¨§£
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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 &&@@@,..¨#
&,.,@.@,¤¨ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨¨..£,.¨¤,
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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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££§¤£¤§.&. for it seems like there's a new moon in .¨,¨,£&..&
¨..¨..&@¤§ the sky. ¨¨,¨#¨&.&.
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