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¨.:~**%&¶# MUST'VE ANGERED  THE SUN, AND  TODAY  IT #¶&%**~:.¨
,,==%@¤£## STILL BURNS  US STRANGELY. BUT  WITH THE ##£¤@%==,,
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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 ###§&†:«.,
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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 #£@§§^«~..
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