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,,«†^^††§# only at night.  long ago,  someone  here #§††^^†«,,
,-~;**#£## must've angered the  sun,  and  today it ##£#**;~-,
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....¨~«%¤# the  others think i'm  young, they don't #¤%«~¨....
,,,,~*§£&£ take  me  seriously  and  i   fear  they £&£§*~,,,,
,:«^†§&¶## snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ##¶&§†^«:,
.^~/%**#@# before  you  learn  the  trade enough to #@#**%/~^.
.¨.,«†$@#£ take other  people. but  i  do lead them £#@$†«,.¨.
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,^==§£§@## something going on  ahead.  those around ##@§£§==^,
¨--;*$&### the  corner   have  stopped,   shouting, ###&$*;--¨
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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 #¶##£%^«^,
,..¨¨,/%£@ 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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