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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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.¤,¨@¤¨&§& sharp contrast for the stale black of .&.#.¨.#¤@
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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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,.@.¨.¨@£§ 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 §&¨£§,£§¤&
,&@£¨§§.§, applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨¤&.¤@,..@
#,,@£,&££. hints of other places - some stars &,@&¨£¨.¤&
£¨@,@#,¨@¨ reordered, some names i have never #§.@@@,&¨¨
#¤&&,£,§@¤ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨§£¨¨#¤#¨@
,,,&&£@,,# impossible. @¨§,@..@§¨
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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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.,@¨#.¨#,@ for it seems like there's a new moon in #.¨&¨##,.#
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