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,,,=;*$### STILL BURNS US STRANGELY.  BUT WITH  THE ###$*;=,,,
,,«†%@#### SUNSET THE AIR COMES RAINING  BACK  DOWN ####@%†«,,
.¨-»*^@¤## AND  GETS THICK  ENOUGH TO  BREATHE.  IT ##¤@^*»-¨.
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,,,-†*&£## COLOURFUL SPARKS FOR THE IMAGINATION,  A ##£&*†-,,,
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¨.:~;*£¤## SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD ##¤£*;~:.¨
,~=†§§#### BEFORE  YOU LEARN  THE  TRADE ENOUGH  TO ####§§†=~,
.¨^~**$@## TAKE  OTHER  PEOPLE. BUT I  DO LEAD THEM ##@$**~^¨.
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,.-††§¤### MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                ###¤§††-.,
.,^«\^$¤## BOOK OF STARS,   IS   A  COMBINED   MAP, ##¤$^\«^,.
¨^~**$@@## CALENDAR AND  TIMEPIECE AS LONG  AS  YOU ##@@$**~^¨
,¨~~*^%£## KNOW WHAT  YEAR IT  IS. EVERY PAGE  IS A ##£%^*~~¨,
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¨¨^~^^%&## BELOW  WHICH ARE WRITTEN  COORDINATES IN ##&%^^~^¨¨
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.,^-†%%£@# REORDERED,   SOME  NAMES  I  HAVE  NEVER #@£%%†-^,.
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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 ###&¤%†~.¨
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,:»=§*£### DRAWING OF  A  MUSCLE COW,  BUT I  COULD ###£*§=»:,
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