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¨~=\*@@#@# take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they #@#@@*\=~¨
,.¨¨:=§¤## snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ##¤§=:¨¨.,
.:«=§$#@@# before  you  learn the  trade enough  to #@@#$§=«:.
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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 #@£¤§†==~.
,:~†%$£@## both  space  and  time. a lot  of  it is ##@£$%†~:,
,.,,¨-:^@@ 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 ###§£=†~-¨
.,,¨^./§¤# 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 #£††~-~,¨.
,.~=$¤§@@# drawing of a  muscle cow,  but  i  could #@@§¤$=~.,
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