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¨¨:-~\*@#@ must've angered  the sun,  and  today it @#@*\~-:¨¨
¨.=^†£§@## still  burns  us strangely. but with the ##@§£†^=.¨
¨.¨,»%†$£# sunset  the air comes  raining back down #£$†%»,¨.¨
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,,»:^§&@## carries with  it  smells from  far away, ##@&§^:»,,
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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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..~\†%¤### 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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