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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, ##£¤£%†»,.
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¨¨,,,^**#@ sharp contrast for  the  stale black  of @#**^,,,¨¨
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.,=\$£@¶@£ the others  think i'm young,  they don't £@¶@£$\=,.
¨^=^§*@### take  me  seriously  and  i   fear  they ###@*§^=^¨
,:-\=££££@ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old @££££=\-:,
,,«*^$&¤#@ before you  learn the  trade  enough  to @#¤&$^*«,,
,,«\$££¶@# take  other people.  but  i do lead them #@¶££$\«,,
¨~«^*$§@@# safely     forward,     every     night. #@@§$*^«~¨
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,..-^~/$£¶ something going  on ahead.  those around ¶£$/~^-..,
.^~\*$&¶@# the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, #@¶&$*\~^.
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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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¨¨¨¨:^^=†¤ 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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