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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 ,.....§#@.
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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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§¨@@..,,¨, something going on ahead. those around .#&&,..,,,
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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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,¨§..¤,¨£, ..&.,.,#&£
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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 ¨#,,.¨.¨¤,
,.¨#¨#&.,£ care less right now. .,£,,¨.¨¨&
@..¨,&¤¤,, &.¨#,¨,.¨,
.¤.,.#,#§¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤&,¨&¨¨¨¨.
¨,¤..¨,&¤§ the sky. .¤@¨.£¨,..
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