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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 ¨¨¨#,#£,,,
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¨,¨@£¤¨,,¤ before you learn the trade enough to ,#¨,.¨.£.¨
.¨.£,#£.¨¨ take other people. but i do lead them ,¨¤¨,...@¨
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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 ,¨#¨¨¨,.¨¨
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,,,¨¨¨@.§# 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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,¨£..¨¨,,, 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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