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,¨#¨,¤¨@&. must've angered the sun, and today it ¨.§.,¤¨¨¨.
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.¨¨¨§.,&.# sunset the air comes raining back down @..,#,.¤,¨
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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 ,£¨@£,¨.§¨
§§#,¨.¤.¨£ safely forward, every night. ¨.,&¤@¨,,.
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.¨@¨§£¨,¨# something going on ahead. those around .£,..#,#&.
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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 @,¨#¨..£¨¨
...,.,.&,. 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 .¨§¨@&¨,¤¨
¨..¤,.,.,, impossible. ¨,¨,@#@¨¨¤
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¨¨@,,.&,.. 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 .§,@¤¨¨...
.,§@£¨,@,. care less right now. ¨..§#¤¨¨,¨
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,¨¨¨@&&¨¨§ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨#...&§§..
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