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..¨¨..,..: must've angered the sun, and today it :..,..¨¨..
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,.,.,,.¨.¨ sunset the air comes raining back down ¨.¨.,,.,.,
¨¨,¨¨¨.,,. and gets thick enough to breathe. it .,,.¨¨¨,¨¨
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,.,,.¨,,,~ colourful sparks for the imagination, a ~,,,¨.,,.,
.¨¨..,.-»% sharp contrast for the stale black of %»-.,..¨¨.
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,¨,«$£#¶@# snicker a bit. you usually get old #@¶#£$«,¨,
.,=%%@£### before you learn the trade enough to ###£@%%=,.
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,.,~»§£¤@# safely forward, every night. #@¤£§»~,.,
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¨^»$$@#### calendar and timepiece as long as you ####@$$»^¨
,.,-$£&¶## know what year it is. every page is a ##¶&£$-,.,
.,,-=§@£## 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 -,¨...¨.¨¨
.,..¨,,.¨¨ impossible. ¨¨.,,¨..,.
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...¨¨.¨,¨. those pages are exactly what i scramble .¨,¨.¨¨...
,¨¨,¨,,¨¨, 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 $^=-,..¨¨.
,¨...-~*%# drawing of a muscle cow, but i could #%*~-...¨,
,¨¨,~~†$££ care less right now. ££$†~~,¨¨,
,¨,:«%%#¶# #¶#%%«:,¨,
.,~-$&£¶@# for it seems like there's a new moon in #@¶£&$-~,.
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