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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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£¨§,§@.§,@ 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. ¤.¤¨£@¨#,,
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