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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 ¨£@#¨&,§,#
§¨§¨#@,&¨# carries with it smells from far away, @,,#@§§&§.
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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 £§.§£¤¨.£§
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§§£@@§@#§# heard. sometimes the dates are @.#,&§&£.¨
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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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,£,#¤#§§¨§ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨¤#@,£,¨.#
&§&¨,¨.&&# the sky. &.,&&&¨,§#
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