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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 ##¶@*=\~^¨
,.^~*$&£#@ AND GETS  THICK  ENOUGH  TO BREATHE.  IT @#£&$*~^.,
,.,.«=^£#@ CARRIES WITH IT  SMELLS FROM  FAR  AWAY, @#£^=«.,.,
¨¨¨.~~/%§§ COLOURFUL SPARKS  FOR THE IMAGINATION, A §§%/~~.¨¨¨
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,¨,«:%$&@# THE  OTHERS THINK I'M YOUNG, THEY  DON'T #@&$%:«,¨,
¨,»=$£§¶## TAKE  ME  SERIOUSLY  AND  I  FEAR   THEY ##¶§£$=»,¨
...-**%£## 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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,¨,^=*=*¤# HOWEVER,  CURRENTLY  THERE  SEEMS  TO BE #¤*=*=^,¨,
,.,»/^&¤@# SOMETHING GOING ON  AHEAD. THOSE  AROUND #@¤&^/»,.,
.,«††£§### THE  CORNER   HAVE  STOPPED,   SHOUTING, ###§£††«,.
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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 #@££$;~.,¨
¨^«*†*§£## GRID  OF  NINE STARFIELDS,  HAND  DRAWN, ##£§*†*«^¨
,¨-«/%$@## BELOW WHICH  ARE  WRITTEN COORDINATES IN ##@$%/«-¨,
,.,,~:†*## BOTH SPACE  AND TIME.  A LOT  OF  IT  IS ##*†:~,,.,
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,.¨.,:~*†& HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS &†*~:,.¨.,
.,,.,~^$%£ REORDERED,   SOME  NAMES  I  HAVE  NEVER £%$^~,.,,.
¨,,^~†§§£@ HEARD.   SOMETIMES   THE    DATES    ARE @£§§†~^,,¨
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¨¨--\†%§¶@ THOSE  PAGES ARE EXACTLY WHAT I SCRAMBLE @¶§%†\--¨¨
,,,,~:=%¤£ FOR  RIGHT NOW. I'VE  STOPPED BREATHING. £¤%=:~,,,,
¨,¨,~»^$@# 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 @#$%/=:¨¨.
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