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,,~-\%%&@@ MUST'VE  ANGERED THE SUN,  AND  TODAY IT @@&%%\-~,,
,¨¨^-^%%#¶ STILL BURNS US STRANGELY.  BUT WITH  THE ¶#%%^-^¨¨,
,,..,~:*&¤ SUNSET THE AIR COMES  RAINING  BACK DOWN ¤&*:~,..,,
¨,,:~†§$&# AND  GETS THICK  ENOUGH  TO BREATHE.  IT #&$§†~:,,¨
..,~\*$£¶# CARRIES WITH  IT SMELLS  FROM  FAR AWAY, #¶£$*\~,..
¨,-=*&£@@# COLOURFUL  SPARKS FOR THE IMAGINATION, A #@@£&*=-,¨
,,^«/§%@## SHARP CONTRAST FOR  THE STALE  BLACK  OF ##@%§/«^,,
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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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,^==$%@£## SOMETHING GOING ON  AHEAD.  THOSE AROUND ##£@%$==^,
..~-;%§&¶# THE   CORNER  HAVE  STOPPED,   SHOUTING, #¶&§%;-~..
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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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