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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 ##§:=.,,¨¨
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¨,=*%£&### safely     forward,     every     night. ###&£%*=,¨
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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 ####¤*†=,¨
¨,-††$@#¤@ heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are @¤#@$††-,¨
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¨,.~~:^%$¶ for  right now. i've  stopped breathing. ¶$%^:~~.,¨
,:=:$@§### i  sling open the  book  of  stars a bit ###§@$:=:,
,,,,~:§%@¶ 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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