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£&..&¨§§.. must've angered the sun, and today it ¤§..@¨¨,.§
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,§&¤¨.§,&§ sunset the air comes raining back down £¨#¤¨¨¤,¨¨
,§.§£.,¨@£ and gets thick enough to breathe. it .¨@&@¨¨#..
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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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,.,..¨¨£¤& 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 ,¨¨,.¨.,¤#
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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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,@£@,.,¨., the sky. ¤@..&¨¤¤,¨
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