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¨-~/=§£$## only  at night.  long  ago, someone here ##$£§=/~-¨
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¨¨,,¨~†\¤£ sunset the  air comes raining back  down £¤\†~¨,,¨¨
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.,-:†@§@## snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ##@§@†:-,.
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,^-;§¤¤### take other people.  but i do  lead  them ###¤¤§;-^,
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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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,^-=$%¤@## those pages are exactly what  i scramble ##@¤%$=-^,
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.,¨,»«*=¤# 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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