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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 ,.&§¨§¨¨.@
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¨¤&,§§¤..¨ take me seriously and i fear they ,¤¨§&¨#¤#,
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#@¤&¨@¨#&¨ before you learn the trade enough to ,.¨,¤£.¤,§
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#,¨,¤,¨,@¤ safely forward, every night. ¨¤.¨#£@..,
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£§¤##§¤£¤, something going on ahead. those around @¤¨@.,&¤,#
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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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