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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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¨.,¨,.~†¤# 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 ###@£§*=-,
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.,~†%§§¶@# however,  currently there  seems  to  be #@¶§§%†~,.
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¨~«/%&&### 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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