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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 ,&,¨..@.¨£
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¨#.,@..#¨, take me seriously and i fear they ¨¨¨¨,.@.¨¨
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¨,¨@¨.§,.@ before you learn the trade enough to ¨#¨.....¤.
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@¨,,,£,¨§¨ safely forward, every night. #,.§,,¨¨,¨
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,¨¨&,,.¨§, 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 ,¨¨¨¨¨#§£¨
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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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....¨¨£&@. 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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¨.,,,.,¨¨. for it seems like there's a new moon in ..,,¨,§¨@@
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