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,~~\§¤&@## must've angered the  sun,  and today  it ##@&¤§\~~,
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,,»^%$#@@# carries  with it smells  from  far away, #@@#$%^»,,
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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 ##@#§*†«^¨
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.,»:§££#@# before  you learn  the trade  enough  to #@#££§:»,.
,,.:;†§%§@ take other  people. but i  do lead  them @§%§†;:.,,
¨,«/§&#### safely     forward,     every     night. ####&§/«,¨
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¨~-**¤£@## 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 ##@£&*^~.¨
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