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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 ###@&=†»-.
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,^~^§*§### GRID OF  NINE  STARFIELDS,  HAND  DRAWN, ###§*§^~^,
,~~††£§¶## BELOW  WHICH ARE WRITTEN  COORDINATES IN ##¶§£††~~,
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.,=^%£&¶@# REORDERED,  SOME  NAMES   I  HAVE  NEVER #@¶&£%^=,.
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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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