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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 ¨,&£§#,¨¨,
#&@@¨.,,¨& take other people. but i do lead them ¨,¨#&¨.#&@
¤£#,¨£##¨, 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 ¤@,,£&¨.¤£
,¤&§£¤@&&, 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 &£.¨.,,...
¨@&.¨¤&,¨. care less right now. @,,@£¤&§¤¨
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§&§@§&,¨§@ the sky. ¨¨,¨¨..¨,¨
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