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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 ##@£#*\»:,
..-~*%§### AND  GETS THICK ENOUGH  TO  BREATHE.  IT ###§%*~-..
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..,¨^»=%£@ 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 §^~~¨..¨¨.
.,¨¨,--=%& 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 ##@#%;~-¨.
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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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,,~~*†¤@@# 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.                     %=-,,¨..¨.
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.,¨.,.,..= FOR  IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A NEW MOON IN =..,.,.¨,.
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