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,¨:~~*%£## must've  angered the  sun, and today  it ##£%*~~:¨,
,^~;*%#@@@ still burns  us strangely. but  with the @@@#%*;~^,
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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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,¨^~†\%%¤# something  going on ahead. those  around #¤%%\†~^¨,
,.~=/*&%§# the   corner  have  stopped,   shouting, #§%&*/=~.,
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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 #£%\-..¨,¨
¨:-†*$£@@# heard.   sometimes   the    dates    are #@@£$*†-:¨
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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 ###&%^*-~.
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