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£.&¨§,§¨,£ must've angered the sun, and today it @,¤.&&,&#¨
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£.#¨£.£¨¨§ sunset the air comes raining back down §,&¨&¤.£&¨
&¨#¨£,#.@@ and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¤.@.¨§,.¤,
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@.&.&¨£.,# 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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§,#,#¨¤¨§& 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 £,§.#£¨§#.
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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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