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§.¨,¨&¨§., sunset the air comes raining back down ¨£&@&.,#&.
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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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,¨.#¨§,&,¨ 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 .,¨£¨§¨¨#§
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..##@.&&£, 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. &..&§,,#..
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¨.£,¨#¤@§, the sky. ,.¨,¨#¤¨@,
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