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¨¤@&,.@,£§ must've angered the sun, and today it .¨£#&..¨¨.
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¨.¨¤@¤¨¨@¨ sunset the air comes raining back down ¤¨¨.##&¨,.
,,¨@,§@.., and gets thick enough to breathe. it @#¨¨§¨¤#,,
¨¨¨,.£¤@.¨ carries with it smells from far away, ,&§.,,¤#¤¨
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,.§@&,¨.,. take me seriously and i fear they ¨.£¨.¤,@¤¨
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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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,@¨§@..,§§ however, currently there seems to be ¨§.¨.#¨,¤,
,,¨£&£..#. something going on ahead. those around ,¨£.¨¨§¨.¤
§.,@.§#¨¨¨ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨,¨£,,¨£,.
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#.¨.¨,,§¨, calendar and timepiece as long as you #.¨..¨..££
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&#&.¨...¨@ 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 ¨,,¤¨##,¨.
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,¨,¨.¨@££¨ 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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.@.,,,¨§¤& for it seems like there's a new moon in ,#@¨¨,#§¤,
.¨§¨¨,,£¨§ the sky. .&¤#..£,£@
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