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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 ~...,.¨¨¨.
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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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..~-\^§#@# 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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.¨.¨,,¨.,~ 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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