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Ariel ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠍⠑⠙⠊⠕⠀⠙⠑⠀⠇⠁⠎⠀⠍⠕⠙⠑⠗⠝⠁⠎⠀⠉⠕⠝⠙⠊⠉⠊⠕⠝⠑⠎⠀⠙⠑⠀⠇⠁⠀
⠧⠊⠙⠁⠲⠀⠠⠏⠁⠗⠁⠀⠑⠎⠉⠥⠉⠓⠁⠗⠇⠁⠎⠂⠀⠝⠕⠀⠑⠎⠀⠝⠑⠉⠑⠎⠁⠗⠊⠕
⠀⠁⠏⠗⠕⠭⠊⠍⠁⠗⠎⠑⠀⠁⠇⠀⠏⠁⠗⠝⠁⠎⠊⠁⠝⠊⠎⠍⠕⠀⠙⠑⠀⠑⠎⠞⠊⠗⠏⠑
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⠙⠑⠗⠊⠧⠁⠗⠀⠙⠊⠗⠑⠉⠞⠁⠍⠑⠝⠞⠑⠀⠇⠁⠀⠍⠎⠀⠙⠑⠍⠕⠉⠗⠁⠞⠊⠵⠁⠙⠁
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⠍⠎⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠝⠎⠁⠀⠟⠥⠑⠀⠑⠇⠀⠕⠙⠊⠕⠀⠙⠑⠀⠇⠁⠀⠍⠑⠙⠊⠕⠉⠗⠊⠙⠁⠙
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⠠⠊⠃⠎⠑⠝⠀⠙⠑⠎⠁⠗⠗⠕⠇⠇⠁⠀⠇⠁⠀⠁⠇⠞⠊⠧⠁⠀⠁⠗⠑⠝⠛⠁⠀⠙⠑⠀⠎⠥
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⠇⠁⠀⠁⠏⠕⠞⠑⠕⠎⠊⠎⠀⠙⠑⠀⠇⠁⠎⠀⠁⠇⠍⠁⠎⠀⠟⠥⠑⠀⠎⠑⠀⠽⠑⠗⠛⠥⠑⠝

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