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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, §&&¨¨,,£¤¨
£,#.,.,##¨ colourful sparks for the imagination, a .,#..,@¨§#
§@§..,§,@, 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 .#¨¨¨¤@¨.§
,.¤,.&.,.¨ 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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&,&.,¤,@&& 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. ,,¤,¨..¨,¨
§¨..£¨§.,. ,&@..¨¨¨,¤
@¨,#¤@§,., for it seems like there's a new moon in #.¤.¨,.¨§.
@¨#,,,§,¨, the sky. &§#¨,¨¨¤@¤
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