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,,:~:^&£## must've angered the sun, and today it ##£&^:~:,,
.¨,^«^†$¤@ still burns us strangely. but with the @¤$†^«^,¨.
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.^==†@@£## and gets thick enough to breathe. it ##£@@†==^.
..-=/†$&@@ carries with it smells from far away, @@&$†/=-..
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¨.^~=§%¤@# 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. #@@§%/=^¨.
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..~~*$¤¤@# however, currently there seems to be #@¤¤$*~~..
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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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¨..,«\§%¤@ 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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