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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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,:,~~~^^§@ 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 ##¶#¤%;»^.
,~~=†$@£## take other  people. but  i  do lead them ##£@$†=~~,
,~~/%@£### safely     forward,     every     night. ###£@%/~~,
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,¨,,-^%†$@ however,  currently  there seems  to  be @$†%^-,,¨,
¨~=\^%&@## 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 @#%%*/^¨,.
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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 ###§%*;»:.
,,¨~~~;^$# care less right now.                     #$^;~~~¨,,
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