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###§**==,¨ must've  angered the sun,  and today  it ¨,==**§###
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#%%*«-:.¨, sunset the air comes  raining back  down ,¨.:-«*%%#
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#@¶@*§/~,. before  you learn the  trade  enough  to .,~/§*@¶@#
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#@¶£&%/-:, 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 ¨.,^«†¤#£#
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###§§$;~,. reordered,  some   names  i  have  never .,~;$§§###
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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 ¨¨¨,-«^£@#
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