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.:-†*%§#@# only at  night.  long ago,  someone here #@#§%*†-:.
¨:~^%$££## must've  angered  the sun, and  today it ##££$%^~:¨
,:~;*§@@## still  burns  us strangely. but with the ##@@§*;~:,
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,,~\$$&¶## 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 ##¶@¤%;~-¨
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.,.,-.«†$¶ however,  currently  there  seems  to be ¶$†«.-,.,.
.,¨,-»:$%£ something  going on  ahead. those around £%$:»-,¨,.
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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 @@^^;;-,..
,^~;=$#¶## applicable  on  earth, but  not  all. it ##¶#$=;~^,
¨¨¨¨¨¨-§£¶ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ¶£§-¨¨¨¨¨¨
.,.,»»«$§@ reordered,  some  names  i   have  never @§$«»»,.,.
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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 #####§;»^,
,.,,¨~*$£@ drawing  of  a muscle cow,  but  i could @£$*~¨,,.,
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