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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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¤.¤£,£,§&, sharp contrast for the stale black of &.&¨@¨@.¤.
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¤¨¨&¨¤,,£¨ the others think i'm young, they don't &.@¨@.¤.§,
§.#£.@¨&§. 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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¤.@&.@¨#¤¨ however, currently there seems to be §.¤,@.&,&¨
£,¨@,&,,¤. 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 @,£,£,¤,&¨
£¨,#,§,.¤. impossible. @,¤,¤.@.¤,
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§.¨&¨#,¨¤. those pages are exactly what i scramble ¤.¤,£,§.¤.
@.@@,¤.¤¤. 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 #.#¨¤.@,¤.
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