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...##.#¨,£ must've angered the sun, and today it @,&&£§,¤§¨
,,.@.&¤@.& still burns us strangely. but with the £§£,¨.@#.#
£¨¨&¤§.,¤§ sunset the air comes raining back down ¤¨,@,¨@¨&@
¨@.§¨,£,¤. and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¤@¨##,¤@£¨
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@.&¤.£&@§¨ the night. §¨,¨¨#£.,¨
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#.,#&,£,,§ the others think i'm young, they don't ¨§¤,,@££#¨
&&.£,@#¤.@ take me seriously and i fear they .£¨@.¤,,¨§
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£¨#¨¨¨#.#, before you learn the trade enough to &,¨¨¨¨¨&,¤
¨#£&¨¨@#¤£ take other people. but i do lead them ¨£.,,,.§@#
&&,¨&,£.,¨ safely forward, every night. £&£,.,¨&¨.
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§¨.,¨§#.£, the corner have stopped, shouting, §.¨,£@@#..
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..¤#¤,,#.¤ 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 ,&,,@.&¤.¨
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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 ¨£.£¨.,,¨¤
,@.¨§.§#&¨ too quick, spilling all my notes on the ,£@@£.,¨¨£
@§§¨@##,¨¤ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a .§.,.¤¨..&
,¨.¤#,¨¤,# drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ¨§§.,##.¨@
@,.#¨@,&£§ care less right now. ¤&¨§.&,&¨#
.&,#£¤¤£¨, ,¨££¤¤£##£
#§£#.¨,¨§, for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤¨£,...,¨,
£¨,.¤.,¨&& the sky. ,@§#.,,.,.
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