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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 £#£@#@@@£¤
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¤£§£§§@££# below which are written coordinates in &¤#&&£§&££
¤§¤###§§¤& both space and time. a lot of it is £&&@£&§§@£
§&££@£££@£ applicable on earth, but not all. it &£#&&@#££§
#&£@##£§§¤ 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 #&§§#¤#@¤¤
£¤&&&£¤#¤@ care less right now. @##@&¤§££&
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