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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 @£§*%«...,
.¨,~^=:*%¤ sunset the  air comes raining  back down ¤%*:=^~,¨.
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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 ¤¤*~~,¨.¨.
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.,~;$$#@## something  going  on ahead. those around ##@#$$;~,.
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.,¨,-=%%%@ calendar and timepiece as  long  as  you @%%%=-,¨,.
..,¨,-//*¤ know  what year it is.  every page is  a ¤*//-,¨,..
..~†§%#### grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, ####%§†~..
,^-«=†§*$# below  which are  written coordinates in #$*§†=«-^,
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,~-=*@£### 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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¨~«\=¤§@## i  sling open the  book  of  stars a bit ##@§¤=\«~¨
.,=**£&### too quick, spilling all my notes  on the ###&£**=,.
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¨,¨,,,^»§& drawing  of a  muscle cow, but  i  could &§»^,,,¨,¨
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