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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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,.,~~;^$&# the others  think i'm  young, they don't #&$^;~~,.,
¨¨¨¨:~:$$¤ take  me  seriously  and   i  fear  they ¤$$:~:¨¨¨¨
,,¨.¨^»=$$ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old $$=»^¨.¨,,
¨..,:~^^$¤ before  you learn  the trade  enough  to ¤$^^~:,..¨
¨.¨.-^*$#@ take other  people. but  i  do lead them @#$*^-.¨.¨
,.--†**&@# safely     forward,     every     night. #@&**†--.,
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.¨-»*%$@## however,  currently  there seems  to  be ##@$%*»-¨.
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.,..:~*%£& 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 ££*^»,.,..
¨,.:«^*&#¶ applicable  on earth,  but not  all.  it ¶#&*^«:.,¨
,.,-\*$¤@# hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars #@¤$*\-,.,
,,«:=§££@# reordered,  some   names  i  have  never #@££§=:«,,
.¨~~†=$@@# heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are #@@$=†~~¨.
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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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