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.~-\§@@§@# only  at night. long ago,  someone  here #@§@@§\-~.
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,«/%£@¶### and  gets  thick  enough  to breathe. it ###¶@£%/«,
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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 §&*\†«=.¨.
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.,¨.»%†*§# hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars #§*†%».¨,.
,..¨¨.-\¤@ reordered,  some  names  i  have   never @¤\-.¨¨..,
,^~§%¤@### heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are ###@¤%§~^,
.-===*@@@# impossible.                              #@@@*===-.
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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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