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Leviathan ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠙⠑⠗⠑⠙⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠺⠁⠗⠗⠑⠆⠀⠁⠎⠀
⠊⠞⠀⠊⠎⠀⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠺⠑⠁⠞⠓⠑⠗⠲⠀⠀⠠⠋⠕⠗⠀
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⠁⠝⠀⠊⠝⠉⠇⠊⠝⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠞⠕⠀⠕⠋⠀⠍⠁⠝⠽⠀⠙⠁⠽⠑⠎⠀
⠞⠕⠛⠑⠞⠓⠑⠗⠒⠀⠠⠎⠕⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠕⠋⠀⠠⠺⠁⠗⠂⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠎⠞⠑⠞⠓⠀⠝⠕⠞⠀⠊⠝⠀⠁⠉⠞⠥⠁⠇⠇⠀⠋⠊⠛⠓⠞⠊⠝⠛⠆⠀⠃⠥⠞⠀
⠊⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠅⠝⠕⠺⠝⠀⠀⠙⠊⠎⠏⠕⠎⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠞⠕⠂⠀
⠙⠥⠗⠊⠝⠛⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠞⠊⠍⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠊⠎⠀⠝⠕⠀
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⠊⠝⠧⠑⠝⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠎⠓⠁⠇⠇⠀⠋⠥⠗⠝⠊⠎⠓⠀⠞⠓⠑⠍⠀⠺⠊⠞⠓⠁⠇⠇⠲⠀
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⠋⠕⠗⠀⠠⠊⠝⠙⠥⠎⠞⠗⠽⠆⠀⠃⠑⠉⠁⠥⠎⠑⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀⠋⠗⠥⠊⠞⠀⠞⠓⠑⠗⠑⠕⠋
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