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@§¤.¨,..£& must've angered the sun, and today it @#£,@,,..¤
,¨&,.¨¨#,¨ still burns us strangely. but with the ,¨§&#,¨,£.
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§.&.,@.&&, and gets thick enough to breathe. it §@.§¤¨¤,&.
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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 .§¨¨¨§,@¨¤
¤#¨#¤.¨¨§# applicable on earth, but not all. it £¤.,£§¤&##
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@.§&#.&¤., reordered, some names i have never §¤##,.,.¨.
¤&.¨#@,§¨# heard. sometimes the dates are ,¨.&.¨¨,,#
,@,&,§@§¤£ impossible. ,,@#,,.,£¨
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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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¤..¤¤¨#.,, the sky. .§¨#¨,,@,¤
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