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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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###@¤§†»,, carries with it  smells  from far  away, ,,»†§¤@###
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§£:«-~~^.. before  you learn  the  trade enough  to ..^~~-«:£§
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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 ¨^~~;§^§§§
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§¤§=/:,,.¨ for it seems like  there's a new moon in ¨.,,:/=§¤§
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