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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 ¨,#,¨,¤.¨,
,¨¤##.,¨., carries with it smells from far away, ,,,@¨¨,£..
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¨¤,.¨£.¨., before you learn the trade enough to ,,¤..§..,¨
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¨..£.¨,£., safely forward, every night. ,...£.¨§¨.
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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 ¨¨,,£¨##¨.
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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. ¨¨,,¨¨,§#¤
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