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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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#£*^~-.... take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they ....-~^*£#
%^^~,¨.... 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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#@¶§*%^=^, something  going on ahead. those  around ,^=^%*§¶@#
##&%*†»-¨¨ 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 ..,~\%%##@
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##£**=~..¨ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ¨..~=**£##
¶§@$†-.¨,, reordered,  some  names  i  have   never ,,¨.-†$@§¶
#$%:~,,¨¨. heard.   sometimes    the   dates    are .¨¨,,~:%$#
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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 .¨,«:§&@@#
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