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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 £&§;~^,¨¨.
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¨.,..,..,: THE  OTHERS  THINK I'M YOUNG, THEY DON'T :,..,..,.¨
...,¨,¨,:~ TAKE  ME   SERIOUSLY  AND  I  FEAR  THEY ~:,¨,¨,...
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¨.¨¨..:~\= BEFORE YOU  LEARN  THE  TRADE  ENOUGH TO =\~:..¨¨.¨
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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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