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Giphantia ⠃⠗⠋ 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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