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“All Of The Stars In The Sky” by Anhedral (read by BandanaDog)

On the dry steppe of central Asia, an unlikely romance blossoms between a burly Grey Wolf army engineer and his Unit’s twinkish Indian Wolf translator.

Today’s story is “All Of The Stars In The Sky” by Anhedral, a music teacher and writer whose works have appeared in ROAR, Werewolves Versus, and Wolves Dot Gay. You can find more of his stories at his FurAffinity.

Read by BandanaDog, Unorthodox Spacetime Drifter.

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The Sky” by Anhedral


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encampment
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Speaker:

dreaded

Speaker:

witch-fiends

Speaker:

Pairikaas –"
"We call 'em the

Speaker:

Leonid

Speaker:

meteors!"
"Yes,

Speaker:

but

Speaker:

don't

Speaker:

interrupt!

Speaker:

So

Speaker:

then

Speaker:

Tishtrya

Speaker:

called

Speaker:

then

Speaker:

upon

Speaker:

his

Speaker:

ally

Speaker:

Haptoiringa –

Speaker:

that's

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

ancient

Speaker:

name

Speaker:

for

Speaker:

The

Speaker:

Great

Speaker:

Bear –

Speaker:

and also Satavaesa, or Antares, and the

Speaker:

gods

Speaker:

made

Speaker:

battle

Speaker:

in

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

sky.

Speaker:

And

Speaker:

when

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

rains

Speaker:

at

Speaker:

last

Speaker:

came

Speaker:

once

Speaker:

more

Speaker:

to

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

pastures

Speaker:

and

Speaker:

parched

Speaker:

fields,

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

people

Speaker:

knew

Speaker:

that

Speaker:

Apaosha

Speaker:

had

Speaker:

been

Speaker:

vanquished

Speaker:

for

Speaker:

another

Speaker:

year."
And

Speaker:

all

Speaker:

of

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

time

Speaker:

I'm

Speaker:

telling

Speaker:

the

Speaker:

story

Speaker:

to

Speaker:

my

Speaker:

love,

Speaker:

I'm

Speaker:

thinking,

Speaker:

I'm

thinking:

thinking:

how

thinking:

can

thinking:

anyone

thinking:

bear

thinking:

to

thinking:

be

thinking:

as

thinking:

happy

thinking:

as

thinking:

I

thinking:

am, right now?

*****

RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland
28 February, 2022

The deal was

this:

this:

work

this:

as

this:

an

this:

interpreter

this:

for

this:

the

this:

British

this:

Army

this:

and,

this:

when

this:

your

this:

tour

this:

was

this:

finished,

this:

you

this:

could

this:

opt

this:

for

this:

resettlement

this:

in

this:

the

this:

UK

this:

along

this:

with

this:

your

this:

close

this:

family.

this:

So

this:

when

this:

I

this:

was

this:

done

this:

with Kalaqistan –

this:

or

this:

rather, when Kalaqistan was

this:

done

this:

with

this:

me –

this:

I

this:

found

this:

myself

this:

spat

this:

out

this:

on

this:

the

this:

shores

this:

of

this:

the

this:

Moray

this:

coast

this:

in

this:

a

this:

small,

this:

drab

this:

chalet

this:

provided

this:

rent-free

this:

for

this:

a

this:

year,

this:

part

this:

of

this:

the

this:

accommodation

this:

for

this:

military

this:

families

this:

at

this:

the

this:

RAF

this:

base

this:

nearby.

this:

I

this:

was

this:

twenty-three

this:

years

this:

old.
My

this:

young

this:

wife,

this:

Taara –

this:

she

this:

hated

this:

Lossiemouth.

this:

Hated not knowing

this:

anyone

this:

among

this:

the

this:

eight-thousand-odd

this:

souls

this:

who

this:

dwelt

this:

there,

this:

hated

this:

that

this:

pomegranates

this:

were

this:

nigh-on

this:

unobtainable,

this:

that

this:

she

this:

couldn't

this:

afford

this:

saffron

this:

to

this:

make

this:

tachin

this:

dami.

this:

The

this:

local

this:

butcher

this:

couldn't

this:

even

this:

supply

this:

her

this:

with the

this:

fresh

this:

goat-meat

this:

that

this:

she

this:

needed

this:

to

this:

make

this:

proper

this:

kebabs.
She

this:

hated

this:

having

this:

nothing

this:

much

this:

to

this:

do.

this:

And

this:

so,

this:

one

this:

Sunday

this:

morning

this:

with

this:

a

this:

chill

this:

mist

this:

rolling

this:

in

this:

off

this:

a

this:

particularly

this:

bleak

this:

North

this:

Sea,

this:

we

this:

had

this:

the

this:

conversation

this:

I'd

this:

seen

this:

looming

this:

while

this:

it

this:

was

this:

still

this:

several

this:

weeks

this:

away.
"Pazir...?"
"Hmm?"
"Pazir,

this:

I – "

this:

She

this:

drew a

this:

deeper

this:

breath,

this:

set

this:

her

this:

shoulders. "I

this:

want

this:

out."
And

this:

there

this:

it

this:

was.

this:

Her

this:

body

this:

was

this:

tight

this:

but

this:

resolute.

this:

I

this:

had

this:

to

this:

admire

this:

her

courage:

courage:

in

courage:

our

courage:

homeland,

courage:

the

courage:

husband

courage:

can

courage:

divorce

courage:

the

courage:

wife,

courage:

never

courage:

the

courage:

other

courage:

way

courage:

around.
But

courage:

we

courage:

weren't

courage:

in

courage:

our

courage:

homeland

courage:

any more.

courage:

And

courage:

now

courage:

my

courage:

marriage-of-convenience

courage:

wife

courage:

had

courage:

finally

courage:

decided

courage:

that

courage:

the

courage:

cost-benefit

courage:

analysis

courage:

of

courage:

our

courage:

union

courage:

had

courage:

shifted

courage:

decisively

courage:

for

courage:

the

courage:

worse.
"It

courage:

isn't

courage:

fair,

courage:

Pazir.

courage:

Not

courage:

fair

courage:

on

courage:

you,

courage:

not

courage:

fair

courage:

on

courage:

me."

courage:

She heaved out a weary sigh. "I love you, Pazir,

courage:

and

courage:

I

courage:

know

courage:

how

courage:

hard

courage:

it's

courage:

been

courage:

for

courage:

you,

courage:

after

courage:

Peter.

courage:

But

courage:

I

courage:

want –

courage:

I

courage:

need –

courage:

more

courage:

than

courage:

this."
She

courage:

didn't

courage:

have

courage:

to

courage:

spell

courage:

it

courage:

out.

courage:

She

courage:

wanted

courage:

more

courage:

for

courage:

her

courage:

life

courage:

than

courage:

Lossiemouth

courage:

or

courage:

I

courage:

could

courage:

ever

courage:

give.

courage:

She

courage:

missed

courage:

her

courage:

cooking,

courage:

yes,

courage:

but

courage:

also

courage:

the

courage:

companionship

courage:

of

courage:

her

courage:

female

courage:

peers;

courage:

and

courage:

most

courage:

of

courage:

all,

courage:

she

courage:

longed

courage:

for

courage:

the

courage:

attentions

courage:

of

courage:

a

courage:

male

courage:

who

courage:

could

courage:

love

courage:

her

courage:

fully

courage:

as the beautiful young she-wolf

courage:

that

courage:

she

courage:

truly

courage:

was,

courage:

give

courage:

her

courage:

the

courage:

cubs

courage:

she

courage:

so

courage:

desperately

courage:

desired.
I

courage:

had

courage:

no

courage:

doubts

courage:

that

courage:

she

courage:

would

courage:

find

courage:

him.

courage:

In

courage:

a

courage:

country

courage:

where

courage:

greys

courage:

predominated

courage:

she

courage:

certainly

courage:

stood

out:

out:

a lithe

out:

Arabian

out:

female

out:

in

out:

her

out:

prime,

out:

more

out:

dainty

out:

in

out:

her

out:

frame

out:

even

out:

than

out:

myself.

out:

Her

out:

beige

out:

fur,

out:

glossy,

out:

shone

out:

with

out:

health;

out:

her

out:

large

out:

and

out:

pointed

out:

ears

out:

flicked

out:

to

out:

the

out:

smallest

out:

sound.

out:

Romantically

out:

speaking,

out:

no

out:

females

out:

have

out:

ever

out:

caught

out:

my

out:

eye;

out:

however,

out:

even

out:

by

out:

my

out:

poor

out:

objective

out:

standards

out:

I

out:

knew

out:

that

out:

Taara

out:

was

out:

absolutely

out:

gorgeous.
Her

out:

arms

out:

went

out:

round

out:

me

out:

one

out:

last

out:

time as

out:

she

out:

mouthed

out:

her

out:

sad,

out:

soft

out:

words

out:

into

out:

my

out:

ear.
"You'll

out:

find

out:

the

out:

one

out:

who’s

out:

right

out:

for

out:

you,

out:

Pazir.

out:

And

out:

he's

out:

going

out:

to

out:

think

out:

himself

out:

the

out:

luckiest

out:

wolf

out:

in

out:

all

out:

the

out:

world."
I

out:

could

out:

not

out:

share

out:

her

out:

confidence.

out:

After

out:

all,

out:

I

out:

was

out:

nothing

out:

but

out:

a

out:

broken

out:

Indian

out:

wolf

out:

who

out:

got

out:

so

out:

little

out:

sleep

out:

at

out:

night

out:

he

out:

couldn't

out:

hold

out:

down

out:

any

out:

sort

out:

of

out:

job

out:

at

out:

all.

out:

I

out:

thought

out:

back

out:

to

out:

the

out:

latest

out:

time

out:

I'd

out:

been

out:

fired,

out:

just

out:

the

out:

week

before:

before:

I'd

before:

nodded

before:

off

before:

while

before:

on

before:

the

before:

supermarket

before:

checkout,

before:

and

before:

it

before:

had

before:

been

before:

one

before:

time too

before:

many

before:

for

before:

my

before:

supervisor.
Anything

before:

that

before:

I

before:

might

before:

have

before:

said

before:

to

before:

Taara

before:

at

before:

that

before:

point

before:

would

before:

have

before:

sounded

before:

trite

before:

or

before:

self-pitying.

before:

And

before:

so,

before:

other

before:

than

before:

smiling,

before:

I

before:

didn’t

before:

make

before:

any

before:

reply

before:

to her at all.

*****

RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland
4 July, 2023
7:04 am

My pelt beads dewdrops

before:

from

before:

the

before:

early

before:

morning

before:

haar,

before:

and

before:

the

before:

clean

before:

wet

before:

sand

before:

of

before:

the

before:

strandline

before:

is

before:

a

before:

balm

before:

beneath

before:

my

before:

skipping

before:

paws.

before:

The

before:

morning

before:

is

before:

deathly

before:

still.

before:

The

before:

only

before:

sounds

before:

are

before:

the

before:

gentle

before:

lapping

before:

of

before:

the

before:

waves

before:

and

before:

the

before:

soulful

before:

cries

before:

of

before:

distant

before:

gulls.
Running

before:

takes

before:

my

before:

mind

before:

off

before:

things –

before:

and

before:

Lossiemouth,

before:

with

before:

its

before:

lonely

before:

broad

before:

white

before:

beaches

before:

beckoning

before:

for

before:

miles

before:

on

before:

either

before:

side,

before:

might

before:

have

before:

been

before:

conjured

before:

by

before:

a

before:

very

before:

deity

before:

just

before:

for

before:

the

before:

likes

before:

of

before:

me.

before:

Today

before:

I'm

before:

on

before:

a

before:

lonely

before:

ten-k

before:

loop

before:

that

before:

takes

before:

me

before:

west

before:

along

before:

the

before:

sand

before:

before

before:

cutting

before:

inland

before:

on

before:

quiet

before:

country

before:

roads,

before:

back

before:

to

before:

the

before:

sprawling

before:

mass

before:

of

before:

chalets

before:

between

before:

the

before:

airbase

before:

and

before:

the

before:

shore.
I

before:

run

before:

alone.

before:

I

before:

run

before:

a

before:

lot.

before:

The

before:

flashbacks

before:

seldom

before:

hit

before:

me,

before:

once

before:

I

before:

get

before:

into

before:

my

before:

stride.
Unfortunately, 'seldom'

before:

does

before:

not

before:

mean 'never'.

*****

After

before:

the

before:

deadly

before:

debacle

before:

of

before:

the

before:

Snatch

before:

Landrovers

before:

in

before:

the

before:

early

before:

years,

before:

Britain

before:

started

before:

sending

before:

proper

before:

armoured

before:

trucks

before:

to

before:

its

before:

fighting wolves

before:

in Kalaqistan.
The

before:

insurgents'

before:

response

before:

was

before:

simple.

before:

They

before:

just

before:

stuffed

before:

more

before:

explosives

before:

into

before:

their

before:

roadside

before:

pipe-bombs.
The

before:

pipe-bomb

before:

is

before:

hidden

before:

in

before:

a

before:

culvert.

before:

One

before:

moment

before:

we're

before:

trundling

before:

in

before:

a

before:

dusty

before:

threesome

before:

down

before:

a

before:

dirt

before:

road

before:

that

before:

looks

before:

like

before:

it's

before:

been

before:

unspooled

before:

over

before:

every

before:

little

before:

hump

before:

and

before:

contour

before:

of

before:

the

before:

land,

before:

and

before:

the

before:

next –
The

before:

eight solid tonnes

before:

of

before:

the

before:

lead

before:

truck

before:

explodes

before:

skywards

before:

in

before:

horrifying

before:

slow-mo,

before:

tumbling

before:

end

before:

on

before:

end

before:

like

before:

some

before:

errant

before:

childhood

before:

toy.

before:

It

before:

crashes

before:

back

before:

to

before:

earth

before:

in a

before:

plume

before:

of

before:

dust

before:

and

before:

diesel

before:

smoke.

before:

The

before:

harsh

before:

staccato

before:

chatter

before:

of

before:

AKs

before:

and

before:

the

before:

deeper 'crump,

before:

crump'

before:

of

before:

mortars

before:

starts

before:

up

before:

all

before:

around.
"PETER!"
I'm

before:

in

before:

the

before:

second

before:

truck,

before:

now

before:

slewed

before:

to

before:

a

before:

dead

before:

stop.

before:

Burly

before:

grey

before:

wolves

before:

tumble

before:

from

before:

its

before:

rear,

before:

taking

before:

defensive

before:

positions

before:

as

before:

bullets

before:

ping

before:

from

before:

armour.

before:

I

before:

skitter

before:

to

before:

the

before:

fallen

before:

truck,

before:

dust-clouds

before:

of

before:

near

before:

misses

before:

flying

before:

all

before:

around

before:

me

before:

like

before:

so

before:

many

before:

madcap

before:

dervishes.
Twisted

before:

steel

before:

and

before:

weapons

before:

torn

before:

asunder.

before:

Body

before:

parts

before:

and

before:

mangled

before:

flesh.

before:

A

before:

mortar

before:

shell

before:

detonates

before:

five

before:

metres

before:

from

before:

me,

before:

but

before:

I'm

before:

sheltered

before:

from

before:

the

before:

worst

before:

by

before:

the

before:

wreckage

before:

of

before:

the

before:

truck.

before:

For

before:

a

before:

moment,

before:

all

before:

I

before:

can

before:

hear

before:

is

before:

the

before:

pounding

before:

of

before:

my

before:

own

before:

heart

before:

and

before:

the

before:

ringing

before:

in

before:

my

before:

ears.
"Peter..."
He's

before:

propped

before:

against

before:

a

before:

blown-out

before:

tyre,

before:

grasping

before:

on to

before:

his

before:

heavy

before:

rifle

before:

as

before:

if

before:

to

before:

find

before:

some

before:

last

before:

grim

before:

hope

before:

in

before:

that

before:

familiar

before:

hold.

before:

The

before:

ferric stink

before:

of

before:

so

before:

much

before:

blood

before:

is

before:

almost

before:

overwhelming.
"Pazir..."
His

before:

voice

before:

is

before:

but

before:

a

before:

clogging

before:

whisper.

before:

His

before:

gorgeous

before:

amber

before:

eyes

before:

roll
slowly

before:

up

before:

to

before:

me,

before:

and

before:

as

before:

I

before:

cling

before:

to

before:

him,

before:

screaming

before:

wildly

before:

for

before:

a

before:

medic,

before:

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before:

smile

before:

that

before:

ghosts

before:

his

before:

muzzle

before:

is

before:

so

before:

precious

before:

and

before:

so

before:

very

before:

far

before:

away.
"Know that

before:

I

before:

love

before:

you,

before:

Paz –"
WHAM.
"Oh

before:

my

before:

gods,

before:

are

before:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

fills

day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

glorious

day:

wild

day:

certainty.

*****

RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland
10 July, 2023
9:36 pm
"Scope's set up

day:

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day:

back.

day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

than

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

countries."
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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

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day:

he

day:

just

day:

frowns

day:

at

day:

me

day:

in

day:

puzzlement.
His

day:

lovely

day:

photograph

day:

of

day:

Orion

day:

is

day:

hanging

day:

there

day:

nearby.
"Mintaka",

day:

I say then, pointing. "Alnilam, Alnitak. The three

day:

of

day:

them,

day:

pointing

day:

down

day:

to – "
"Tishtrya."
I

day:

feel

day:

my

day:

ears

day:

fall

day:

flat. "You

day:

know,

day:

the

day:

storyteller

day:

has

day:

less

day:

fun

day:

if

day:

the

day:

listener

day:

already

day:

knows

day:

the

day:

story."
"But

day:

what

day:

if

day:

the

day:

listener

day:

really,

day:

really

day:

wants

day:

to

day:

hear

day:

his

day:

boyfriend

day:

tell it?"
Scotland,

day:

it

day:

has

day:

no

day:

need

day:

of

day:

Sirius

day:

to

day:

bring

day:

the

day:

rain.

day:

But

day:

I

day:

can't

day:

deny

day:

this

day:

wolf.
"Oh,

day:

well

day:

then."

day:

My

day:

ears

day:

perk

day:

up

day:

again. "In

day:

the

day:

oldest

day:

times,

day:

Tishtrya –

day:

the

day:

star

day:

that

day:

you

day:

call

day:

Sirius –

day:

was

day:

the

day:

noblest

day:

sky-god

day:

of

day:

them

day:

all…"



This

day:

was “All

day:

Of

day:

The

day:

Stars

day:

In

day:

The

day:

Sky”

day:

by

day:

Anhedral,

day:

read

day:

for you by

day:

BandanaDog, Unorthodox

day:

Spacetime

day:

Drifter.

day:

You

day:

can

day:

find

day:

more

day:

stories

day:

on

day:

the

day:

web

day:

at thevoice.dog, or find the show

day:

wherever you

day:

get

day:

your

day:

podcasts.

day:

Happy

day:

Pride,

day:

and

day:

Thank

day:

you

day:

for

day:

listening

day:

to

day:

The

day:

Voice

day:

of

day:

Dog.

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