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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, §,§.#.£¨§,
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#§¨&,¤.£¨¤ sharp contrast for the stale black of @,@,¤.£,§,
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£#,&,¤¨£.@ 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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&@,¤,§,§,¤ however, currently there seems to be &¨§¨&¨£.§,
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££.&.§¨@¨@ the corner have stopped, shouting, &.@.§¨#,@,
.§.§.#,@¨@ pointing. #.&.£,§¨¤,
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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 &,#¨§,#,§.
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@£¨¤¨§.£¨& 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. &¨¤.@¨#,#¨
.¤,@¨@.£.§ 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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