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¨¨^~†=#@## BEFORE  YOU LEARN THE  TRADE  ENOUGH  TO ##@#=†~^¨¨
¨.¨~«*=@¶@ TAKE OTHER  PEOPLE. BUT I  DO LEAD  THEM @¶@=*«~¨.¨
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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 ####&%:~~.
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..¨:==§§## APPLICABLE  ON  EARTH,  BUT NOT  ALL. IT ##§§==:¨..
,.¨.:~/$#£ HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS £#$/~:.¨.,
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¨.:-\*£@## 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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