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..,~»*%^§# sunset the air  comes raining back  down #§^%*»~,..
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,,~/**@### before  you  learn the  trade  enough to ###@**/~,,
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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 #@#£%=/»..
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.^~\$&§### applicable  on  earth, but  not all.  it ###§&$\~^.
..,¨.,^/†£ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars £†/^,.¨,..
.,«††$§£@# reordered,  some  names  i  have   never #@£§$††«,.
,^~=†$£### heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are ###£$†=~^,
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.,=*£&#@## for right  now. i've  stopped breathing. ##@#&£*=,.
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¨.~;=$@### 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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