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,,-/$$@### MUST'VE ANGERED  THE SUN,  AND TODAY  IT ###@$$/-,,
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¨:~==@@@## COLOURFUL SPARKS FOR THE IMAGINATION,  A ##@@@==~:¨
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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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,.-/*$¤@## MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                ##@¤$*/-.,
,~~=*&@@## 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 ¶@&¤¤^\=^¨
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...¨~»*§¶# THOSE PAGES ARE EXACTLY WHAT I  SCRAMBLE #¶§*»~¨...
¨~«†%£#&¤@ FOR RIGHT NOW. I'VE  STOPPED  BREATHING. @¤&#£%†«~¨
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,.¨¨,***¤¶ 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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