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.,,¨¨¨¨¨.¨ only at night. long ago, someone here ¨.¨¨¨¨¨,,.
.,..,.,¨,¨ must've angered the sun, and today it ¨,¨,.,..,.
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..,¨,.¨,., sunset the air comes raining back down ,.,¨.,¨,..
.¨..,,..,¨ and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¨,..,,..¨.
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,,.,,,.:~; sharp contrast for the stale black of ;~:.,,,.,,
....¨.:»†% the night. %†»:.¨....
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¨,«=†*&#@# before you learn the trade enough to #@#&*†=«,¨
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,,..«;†%@# safely forward, every night. #@%†;«..,,
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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 ¶§@**=,¨¨¨
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.,^«†§&¤@# reordered, some names i have never #@¤&§†«^,.
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,¨..¨....¨ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ¨....¨..¨,
.,.,¨.,... care less right now. ...,.¨,.,.
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