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,&.&¨§,¤¨¤ must've angered the sun, and today it @..#.¤¨&,§
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.§.£¨§¨#¨@ sunset the air comes raining back down £,,@¨¤.&,#
.@¨#.#,&¨# and gets thick enough to breathe. it §.&£,&,¤¨§
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,@.§.¤¨&.@ snicker a bit. you usually get old @.¤#¨&,£.&
.§.¤,&¨&.¤ before you learn the trade enough to ¤.,@,&,£¨#
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.@.@,@.§.& 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 §.§¤,¤.£,#
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.&¨@.£,#.§ 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 @¨.¤¨@¨&,#
,#,#,&.¤,# care less right now. &,§¤.£.#¨§
,#¨@¨#¨¤¨@ §¨,@,&.£¨§
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