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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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,.,¨.§&§.¨ before you learn the trade enough to §¨¨.,&,.¨§
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,¤,.,.¨§££ safely forward, every night. ¤&&,¨,¨£,,
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£¨.¨.,..§& calendar and timepiece as long as you ¨¨&¨..#,..
,§¨¨¨¨¨¨¤, know what year it is. every page is a @¨,¤¨¨¨¤¨.
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..,#¨,¨¨,¨ below which are written coordinates in §#¤¨,¤,¨,#
£,¨.¤.,... both space and time. a lot of it is #¨&#¨.#.¨,
.§¨.,§,¨¨. applicable on earth, but not all. it ,¨##§,¨&¨.
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.¨.£¨,¨£¨, reordered, some names i have never ¨,.,#@#¨.#
@¨,.¤,.,@¨ heard. sometimes the dates are ,¨¨¨§,&§¨,
.£..¨£,.¨# impossible. ¨,,¨¨¨&££.
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££,.&,..£¨ 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 @¨,..¨.###
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