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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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§.@.§¨¤.&¤ however, currently there seems to be .#.£¨#.@¤,
¤,&,§¨£,¨# something going on ahead. those around ¤§¨¤.@¨¨@,
£,&.£.§¨¤@ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨¤¨¤¨§,&#¨
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¤.#.§.#¨#& my greatest treasure, the ,&,@.@,@#.
£¨§¨§¨&..£ 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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¤¨§.&,§,&@ 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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