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#¨@.@¤#¨.. must've angered the sun, and today it ..,.&@..,.
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&,.¨,#¨@§. sunset the air comes raining back down .#..@#¤&,,
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.¨#¨.,@.@¨ safely forward, every night. £¨,§.§#¨#.
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¤&£&#@#&,¨ something going on ahead. those around ¨¤¤¨§.&.§.
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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 ,,..£@¤#,¨
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£#¨¨¨&¨&,¨ heard. sometimes the dates are #@@¨£,#¨¤¨
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¨§&.#,.&,@ 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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