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.^»:§$§@## STILL  BURNS US STRANGELY. BUT WITH  THE ##@§$§:»^.
¨,~«;%@£## SUNSET THE AIR COMES  RAINING BACK  DOWN ##£@%;«~,¨
.¨,:»:*£## AND GETS  THICK  ENOUGH TO  BREATHE.  IT ##£*:»:,¨.
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..,-«*^%&@ 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 £#¤=/«:¨¨.
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¨.¨¨,:~††% SOMETHING GOING ON  AHEAD. THOSE  AROUND %††~:,¨¨.¨
.¨..,»*$@¤ THE   CORNER   HAVE  STOPPED,  SHOUTING, ¤@$*»,..¨.
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,¨-~/=*&@# MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                #@&*=/~-¨,
.~-=§*@### 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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