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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 ¨,¨.»=%§££
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$^^=^.¨¨¨, the night. ,¨¨¨.^=^^$
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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 ¨,¨,¨,¨¨,¨
,,.¨.,¨¨.. take other people. but i do lead them ..¨¨,.¨.,,
«.¨..,,.,. 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 ,.,.=*%¤#@
@¶£¤$/«,.¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨.,«/$¤£¶@
#@#£%§:=~. reordered, some names i have never .~=:§%£#@#
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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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