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¤¨£&¨.&¨&, 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 @.@@¨§,#¨§
§¨§£,.&,@¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of ¤,.£.@¨#,,
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¤,@£,¨¤¨#. 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. #.,@¨£,&,,
§,,@,#§¨#. &.¤¤¨#¨#¨&
§,§£,,£.#. however, currently there seems to be £,.&.#¨§¨,
§,.#,££.#, something going on ahead. those around #¨@@¨&¨&.@
&,¤£.¨#,¤. the corner have stopped, shouting, ¤.,#,#.#,.
#¨¨#.§&.@, pointing. §.££¨¤.§,¤
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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 @.#§,&.#,&
§¨#¤..@.§¨ hints of other places - some stars &,¨£¨¤.¤¨.
£¨,@,§#¨@. reordered, some names i have never ¤,§&,@.@,&
§,¤@,.&,§, heard. sometimes the dates are ¤,¨£,£.@.¨
¤.,§¨&@¨¤. impossible. §¨¤£,§.#,#
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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. ¤,£§,@¨@,&
§.&&¨.§.@. #,¨£.#,&¨.
£¨¨&,&@.#¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤.¤#¨&¨£.¤
£¨#¤..#.&, the sky. @,.£,&.£,,
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