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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 †/=:¨,....
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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 ##¤$%:«,.¨
.¨¨,~†%%#@ HEARD.   SOMETIMES   THE    DATES    ARE @#%%†~,¨¨.
¨¨...«\*@& IMPOSSIBLE.                              &@*\«...¨¨
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,,¨¨.,,-/§ THOSE PAGES  ARE EXACTLY WHAT I SCRAMBLE §/-,,.¨¨,,
.¨¨,¨,~†*¤ FOR RIGHT NOW.  I'VE STOPPED  BREATHING. ¤*†~,¨,¨¨.
¨....~:*$& 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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