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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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£¨@,@..@,¤ 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 ¤.@¨§,§§,§
¤,@¨§,.¤,£ safely forward, every night. §¨&.£¨,#¨¨
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@.£¨&.,§.@ 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 £¨¤,&.,&,.
&.&.§.£#¨¨ impossible. #¨@,§.¤§¨§
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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 £¨£,&¨#@.&
&¨¤,¤¨,§¨¤ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could §.#.@.,&,,
§,#¨@¨££., care less right now. §.@.§.&#,@
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