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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 ¨...¨¨¨,,¨
,,,,,¨,.¨¨ sunset the air comes raining back down ¨¨.,¨,,,,,
¨,,¨.,,,¨, and gets thick enough to breathe. it ,¨,,,.¨,,¨
,¨....¨¨¨¨ carries with it smells from far away, ¨¨¨¨....¨,
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.¨.=;%%&## before you learn the trade enough to ##&%%;=.¨.
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,¨.,¨¨..-= 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 £%=*~-..¨,
.¨¨^~†*$#@ applicable on earth, but not all. it @#$*†~^¨¨.
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,,~=%§§### reordered, some names i have never ###§§%=~,,
¨.^==^§@@# heard. sometimes the dates are #@@§^==^.¨
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¨.¨.,..¨.^ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a ^.¨..,.¨.¨
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,¨¨¨¨,.,,. care less right now. .,,.,¨¨¨¨,
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,¨.,.,,.,, for it seems like there's a new moon in ,,.,,.,.¨,
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