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..~:%£&@@# still  burns us strangely.  but with the #@@&£%:~..
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.,»/^%£### take  me  seriously  and  i  fear   they ###£%^/»,.
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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 #@#£¤**~,,
.,~\%%§§$£ applicable on  earth, but  not  all.  it £$§§%%\~,.
,.¨¨,¨~/§# hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars #§/~¨,¨¨.,
¨¨,.¨,«-$£ reordered,  some   names  i  have  never £$-«,¨.,¨¨
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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 ##¶£¤%^-..
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