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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, ¤@...,,.¨§
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,§§£,.#.¨, sharp contrast for the stale black of @¨##¨¨,¨.,
.@¨@§¨.&¨¨ the night. ..¤£#¨¨..¨
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.¨.¨¨£&&¨. 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 .¨,.,,,..,
,¨&.¤§.,,, the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨,¨¨,,,.¨,
,¨,,£&£¨,, pointing. .¨.,¨¨,,..
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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 ,,¤,#¤,.,#
.#@£.¨,.,¨ 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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¨#@.¨,&#§, the sky. #,¨,@&@,.£
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