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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 night.                               ##@#§@^/-¨
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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 &%†\~,¨,,¨
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¨¨.«†=¤&£# 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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.»;=$¤@@## book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, ##@@¤$=;».
.,~:=&§### 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 @@%^/«¨¨¨.
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,,-/%¤§£## hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ##£§¤%/-,,
,=\*&@@@## reordered,   some  names  i  have  never ##@@@&*\=,
,,«/†§£### heard.    sometimes    the   dates   are ###£§†/«,,
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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 #@@@¤^:-.¨
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