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,¨¤.,¨¨,@. must've angered the sun, and today it .@,,¨¨@&,@
¤¨@¤¨¨,.#& still burns us strangely. but with the .¤@,,,£¨#@
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.£###¨.,,. 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 ,&#¤#£.,..
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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 ,.§,§,¨,¨£
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