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=/-..¨.¨,, only at  night.  long  ago, someone here ,,¨.¨..-/=
$*/».¨.,¨¨ must've angered  the  sun,  and today it ¨¨,.¨.»/*$
£%%*~.¨.¨, still burns  us  strangely. but with the ,¨.¨.~*%%£
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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 ....¨-«=*%
@$**»-¨,,¨ take other  people.  but i do lead  them ¨,,¨-»**$@
@£&==~,... safely     forward,     every     night. ...,~==&£@
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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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&¤^;~-,¨,¨ 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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