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,,,,.¨.¨¨. ONLY AT  NIGHT.  LONG AGO,  SOMEONE HERE .¨¨.¨.,,,,
...,,,¨¨., MUST'VE ANGERED  THE SUN,  AND  TODAY IT ,.¨¨,,,...
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¨.¨¨,¨.,^~ AND GETS  THICK ENOUGH  TO  BREATHE.  IT ~^,.¨,¨¨.¨
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,,~-;*&¶@# THE OTHERS THINK I'M  YOUNG,  THEY DON'T #@¶&*;-~,,
.~==†$@### TAKE  ME  SERIOUSLY  AND  I  FEAR   THEY ###@$†==~.
.¨^~†§@### SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD ###@§†~^¨.
.,,,~;*$¶# BEFORE YOU LEARN  THE  TRADE  ENOUGH  TO #¶$*;~,,,.
,,..:~:^$# TAKE OTHER  PEOPLE. BUT I  DO LEAD  THEM #$^:~:..,,
..,,¨-~:*@ SAFELY     FORWARD,     EVERY     NIGHT. @*:~-¨,,..
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,¨¨-~;=%## MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                ##%=;~-¨¨,
..:-;^@### BOOK OF STARS,   IS  A   COMBINED   MAP, ###@^;-:..
,~~=*$#@## CALENDAR  AND TIMEPIECE  AS  LONG AS YOU ##@#$*=~~,
¨,.~*$%@@# KNOW WHAT YEAR IT IS.  EVERY PAGE  IS  A #@@%$*~.,¨
¨.¨--:*£## 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 %:«,¨.¨..,
,.,¨,.¨~»/ HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS /»~¨.,¨,.,
¨¨¨¨..,,:= REORDERED,  SOME   NAMES  I  HAVE  NEVER =:,,..¨¨¨¨
..¨.,,,¨,^ HEARD.   SOMETIMES    THE   DATES    ARE ^,¨,,,.¨..
¨,.¨¨.¨¨¨, IMPOSSIBLE.                              ,¨¨¨.¨¨.,¨
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.,,,¨,.,,, THOSE  PAGES ARE EXACTLY WHAT I SCRAMBLE ,,,.,¨,,,.
,¨.¨.¨¨.., FOR RIGHT  NOW. I'VE  STOPPED BREATHING. ,..¨¨.¨.¨,
.¨¨..,¨... I SLING  OPEN THE BOOK  OF  STARS  A BIT ...¨,..¨¨.
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..,.,¨,¨-« GROUND. ONE LANDS  ON MY FOOT,  IT IS  A «-¨,¨,.,..
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