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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 §.,¨.##,£¤
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,§@..#¤¤,¨ take me seriously and i fear they @&..§§¨#,¤
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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, #&,¨¤¤§¨§.
#£¨#¨&#¨.@ calendar and timepiece as long as you ,¤.¤¨,#£@@
¨££@#¨£,¤@ know what year it is. every page is a £¤#&.&¨,,.
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#¨.¤¨,.§¨¨ below which are written coordinates in ,,&¨,¤¨¨.§
£,@§¨¨£@¨¨ both space and time. a lot of it is ,#¤.#@¨,&¨
£&¨#.@¨¤,, applicable on earth, but not all. it #¨§@¨£¨@@£
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¤,¨¨,.¨¤£§ reordered, some names i have never .#§¨.,¤.¨¨
@,,.,¨§,.. heard. sometimes the dates are @.£,,¤&.,#
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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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¤#¨,&¨£&¤§ for it seems like there's a new moon in .&¤,.@¤£¤,
,#,#£@,.¨¨ the sky. §¨§,¤,¨¨£&
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