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,£@.,¨&¤#. must've angered the sun, and today it .,,¨&#@.¨&
,@¤@,.¤¨¤@ still burns us strangely. but with the ,¨.,§.@£,,
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,¨.,£¨¤@¨, snicker a bit. you usually get old ¨¤,,¨&,##.
,.,¨..&£#, before you learn the trade enough to .,@,¨.¨&£&
§.¨..¨@,&# take other people. but i do lead them #,.§..¨£.¤
¤@,,,.¨¨§& safely forward, every night. @#,.¤..¨¨§
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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 ¤§,,¨¨¤£§.
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#,@@.¨¨.,, 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 .¨&#£,,£,¤
@#¨,,,£#§, care less right now. ¨,@¨£@¨.,§
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,¤#¤¨¨¨.&@ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤§,,#.£§,¨
,#,@¤..¨@. the sky. ¨&&...§¤#¨
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