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.,-^=£¤¤@# only at night. long  ago,  someone  here #@¤¤£=^-,.
,.~\=*&@@# must've angered  the  sun, and today  it #@@&*=\~.,
.^~;*$@@## still  burns us strangely. but with  the ##@@$*;~^.
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.:-:*$§@§@ carries  with it  smells from far  away, @§@§$*:-:.
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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 #@@&*^*»~¨
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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 @†*,¨.,¨,,
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..¨¨¨-~*%# hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars #%*~-¨¨¨..
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,.,,-*%%&§ heard.    sometimes    the   dates   are §&%%*-,,.,
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.,~:%%%&#@ those pages are exactly what  i scramble @#&%%%:~,.
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.¨¨.^~:^%§ 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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