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.,~;*@&@## sunset  the air comes raining  back down ##@&@*;~,.
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.,=;=$¤### before you learn  the  trade  enough  to ###¤$=;=,.
,¨..,=:%@# take other  people. but i  do lead  them #@%:=,..¨,
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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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.:=/$££### hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ###££$/=:.
.,~^$@&@## reordered,  some  names   i  have  never ##@&@$^~,.
¨-~=§@&#@# heard.   sometimes   the    dates    are #@#&@§=~-¨
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¨^-^§$@@#@ for right now.  i've stopped  breathing. @#@@$§^-^¨
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¨-»=%$¤@## too quick, spilling all  my notes on the ##@¤$%=»-¨
.:==^\†£@@ ground. one lands on my  foot,  it  is a @@£†\^==:.
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