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,¨..-,:%$& only at  night. long  ago,  someone here &$%:,-..¨,
.:«;%@§### 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 #£§§~.,,¨.
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¨~-\%*$££# take  me  seriously  and  i   fear  they #££$*%\-~¨
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,,«;%$#### before  you  learn  the  trade enough to ####$%;«,,
¨:=;%££@## take  other  people. but  i do lead them ##@££%;=:¨
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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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¨,-^*$###@ for right now.  i've  stopped breathing. @###$*^-,¨
¨¨^,^^*£&¶ 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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