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¨&¨¤#,.¨,¨ must've angered the sun, and today it ..&.§¤¨,..
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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 ¨#&¨,.§,@§
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§£..,.¤.#§ safely forward, every night. ,¤¨&#,¨.&,
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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 ,,..@,.&¨.
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,¨.¨¨..¨&, 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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