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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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¨-»=$£¶### before you  learn  the trade  enough  to ###¶£$=»-¨
.¨¨.~/*^%& 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 #£%\*.¨¨.,
,¨¨¨.,/§$£ both space  and time. a  lot  of  it  is £$§/,.¨¨¨,
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,¨¨,,¨^*$# hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars #$*^¨,,¨¨,
.-«=$@£¶## reordered,  some  names   i  have  never ##¶£@$=«-.
¨,,,,=*£#& heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are &#£*=,,,,¨
.,»/†¤£### impossible.                              ###£¤†/»,.
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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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