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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 @£%^-:¨¨¨,
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,¨¨¨:\;%&@ CARRIES  WITH IT  SMELLS FROM  FAR AWAY, @&%;\:¨¨¨,
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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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..~:*&@##@ SOMETHING GOING ON AHEAD.  THOSE  AROUND @##@&*:~..
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,¨..-\%*£@ MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                @£*%\-..¨,
¨¨,.~:^&#¶ 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 ####§%;~^,
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