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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 &,#¤¨&¤,§.
#,§.#¨@.¤. and gets thick enough to breathe. it #¨.¤,,@.§.
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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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§,£¨@¨@.@¨ however, currently there seems to be &,#¤¨££.§.
£,#,¤¨#,&¨ 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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¤.#.£¨£¨@. 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 £,§§.&§.&.
§.&,§.¤.&. care less right now. #..£¨,&.¤,
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