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»,,¨,.¨.., only at night. long ago, someone here ,..¨.,¨,,»
:~,¨..,.,, must've angered the sun, and today it ,,.,..¨,~:
%=-..,,¨,¨ still burns us strangely. but with the ¨,¨,,..-=%
@§*-..¨¨¨. sunset the air comes raining back down .¨¨¨..-*§@
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;»~¨¨¨,¨¨. before you learn the trade enough to .¨¨,¨¨¨~»;
~^,..¨,.¨, take other people. but i do lead them ,¨.,¨..,^~
,..¨.,,.., 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 ,¨¨,-~*§¤§
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.,¨..¨,..¨ 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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