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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 ##@@¤§†»~.
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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 ####&§†«~.
.¨,=-==\%& take other  people. but i  do lead  them &%\==-=,¨.
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,^~/^¤#@## however,  currently  there  seems to  be ##@#¤^/~^,
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¨-~=:/¤¤¶£ the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, £¶¤¤/:=~-¨
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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 ##@£¤*;=-¨
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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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