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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 #&.,.#¨¨¨¨
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.,¨,§¨¨,£, sharp contrast for the stale black of ¨.§@¤,¨¨@¨
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@¨,,¨.@.¨, ¨¨..§&¤,¨.
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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 &¨,.,..,@§
£@¨.¨&¨¨,¨ 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 ,.@,@¤,,¨¨
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¨,,¨¤.&@¨, pointing. ¨,¨.#,¤&,,
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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. ¤&¨...¨.¨,
.¤,¨#¨.¨,, .&@,,¨...,
,¨§¨.@¨,¨. 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 ,,¤@§¨.,.#
,¤#¨.¨¨,.¨ the sky. ..#¨§£¨,¨#
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