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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 #@££=:=^..
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¨¨^~/†£&@# take  me  seriously  and  i  fear   they #@&£†/~^¨¨
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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, #@&@§;«.¨,
¨,¨-~;*$§¶ below  which  are written coordinates in ¶§$*;~-¨,¨
..,-*%@&@# 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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