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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 ###¶£%%*~,
¨-«^%*§@## CARRIES  WITH IT  SMELLS FROM FAR  AWAY, ##@§*%^«-¨
..¨.=*%$¤@ COLOURFUL  SPARKS FOR THE IMAGINATION, A @¤$%*=.¨..
¨^»†£@£@## SHARP CONTRAST FOR  THE  STALE  BLACK OF ##@£@£†»^¨
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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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.,«\§%&#&# HOWEVER, CURRENTLY  THERE  SEEMS  TO  BE #&#&%§\«,.
..»\%&#### 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 ####¤%=~,¨
.-~;$*%¤@# IMPOSSIBLE.                              #@¤%*$;~-.
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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 ###§&†:~,.
,.,¨^;%$§# DRAWING  OF  A MUSCLE COW, BUT  I  COULD #§$%;^¨,.,
,¨..~~†^&£ CARE LESS RIGHT NOW.                     £&^†~~..¨,
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