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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 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 ##§§£=\»~.
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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 #@£@%†:~-,
¨¨..,,=§$@ drawing  of a  muscle cow,  but  i could @$§=,,..¨¨
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