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,¨.¨@£@.,, only at night. long ago, someone here ,§,.£,¨.,¨
.,¨¨§¨¤&,. must've angered the sun, and today it ¨.¤.¨#..,¨
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¨.@,.@¨,,, take me seriously and i fear they .¨£.§§,,§¨
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&¨.¨#.,#.¨ 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 £..§¨,§...
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.¨#&£,,¤,. book of stars, is a combined map, &,,§¨.¨.¨,
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.¨,¨&£§..§ know what year it is. every page is a #@£..#....
..,¨§¨#£.. grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, £.£&,¨£¨¨.
.¨..¨.£&@. below which are written coordinates in ,.§§&¨.£.,
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&,¨¨,¨.¨@, hints of other places - some stars ,..,§.@£.,
.§¨,.¨¨¨.. reordered, some names i have never ¨,...¨¤@@¨
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&,¨§¨.,.¨¨ 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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,,.,.¨,,¤. the sky. .¨,¨§.&§,,
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