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.¨.¨£#&.¨. must've angered the sun, and today it ¨¨,...#&¤,
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£,,¨.,#¤£, sunset the air comes raining back down @..,,,¨.£¤
#&,.¨.&,¤@ and gets thick enough to breathe. it @@..¨.¨,£.
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..@§#¨¨,,. sharp contrast for the stale black of ,@¨@@.¨,..
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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 ,¨¨#,¨.§§£
£.,.,,,.@¤ before you learn the trade enough to ,...¤.,#,#
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¨§§.,.¨..¨ 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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,@££..,¨#, for right now. i've stopped breathing. ¨¨,,.,¨...
.¤,@£¨,.¨. i sling open the book of stars a bit .,.¨¨,...¨
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¨.,¤.£@.,. 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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