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.^-/†&#@@# STILL  BURNS US  STRANGELY. BUT WITH THE #@@#&†/-^.
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...«;:$$£# AND GETS  THICK  ENOUGH TO  BREATHE.  IT #£$$:;«...
,,.,.,»«^& CARRIES  WITH IT  SMELLS FROM  FAR AWAY, &^«»,.,.,,
.¨¨..,:†#@ COLOURFUL SPARKS FOR THE IMAGINATION,  A @#†:,..¨¨.
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.--†§£@@#@ THE  OTHERS THINK I'M YOUNG,  THEY DON'T @#@@£§†--.
,-~†§§§### 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 ¶%;»~~..,,
,¨.,.-\^## SAFELY     FORWARD,     EVERY     NIGHT. ##^\-.,.¨,
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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 ###££%^=,¨
..«»*$*@%@ BOTH SPACE  AND  TIME.  A LOT  OF IT  IS @%@*$*»«..
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.^~^*§#### 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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