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¨¤.@¨§,¤§, 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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##,@.¤.¨&¨ the others think i'm young, they don't ¤¨#¨#¨#,¤,
,#¨§.&,#¤. take me seriously and i fear they ¤.@.£¨#¨&.
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#¤,&,§.¨¤¨ take other people. but i do lead them #.¤.£.#,@.
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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 ¤¨#¨£.#,¤,
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£#.§.§¨.¤¨ 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 ¤,§¨¤¨@.@¨
£¤.@¨£,¨#. care less right now. ¤.§,£,£¨§.
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