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,--;$$@### TAKE  ME  SERIOUSLY   AND  I  FEAR  THEY ###@$$;--,
.-~==*@### SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD ###@*==~-.
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,:«=$£@¶## TAKE OTHER  PEOPLE. BUT  I DO LEAD  THEM ##¶@£$=«:,
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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 #†»-¨,,¨¨¨
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.,¨.,¨~†*£ 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 ##@£§††~^.
..~;\^=$&@ DRAWING OF  A  MUSCLE COW, BUT  I  COULD @&$=^\;~..
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