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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 .¤,#¨&&¨¤.
#¨¤,¤.£#,@ snicker a bit. you usually get old ,#.@.,&.@.
&¨&.§,¨#.¨ 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 .¤,@,¨¤¨¤,
£¨£.&¨¨#,, 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 .@,£..@¨£¨
@.#,¤,¨§,. heard. sometimes the dates are ,¤,@¨¤§¨¤,
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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 .§¨£.¤£,§.
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