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.¨,¨¨=-*¤£ must've  angered  the sun, and today  it £¤*-=¨¨,¨.
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¨:~;*$£@£# and gets  thick  enough  to breathe.  it #£@£$*;~:¨
,-~\**&¶## carries  with  it smells  from far away, ##¶&**\~-,
.:~/*@¤### colourful  sparks for the imagination, a ###¤@*/~:.
,-~;†@###@ sharp  contrast  for the stale  black of @###@†;~-,
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.~«:*%&### the  others think i'm young, they  don't ###&%*:«~.
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,:~*=§@### 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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,:-=%§@¶@¶ something going  on  ahead. those around ¶@¶@§%=-:,
.,~/^%#### the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, ####%^/~,.
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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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¨.==*£&@## for right now. i've  stopped  breathing. ##@&£*==.¨
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¨,«;$$@@## ground. one  lands  on my foot, it  is a ##@@$$;«,¨
,.~--~~\*# drawing  of a  muscle cow,  but  i could #*\~~--~.,
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