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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 @#%*%=»=.,
¨~~:%@##@# CARRIES WITH  IT SMELLS  FROM  FAR AWAY, #@##@%:~~¨
,¨¨,,:*£#@ COLOURFUL SPARKS  FOR THE IMAGINATION, A @#£*:,,¨¨,
.-=\*%££@# SHARP CONTRAST FOR  THE  STALE  BLACK OF #@££%*\=-.
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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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,,«-~=††¤¤ HOWEVER,  CURRENTLY  THERE SEEMS  TO  BE ¤¤††=~-«,,
¨:~†§&¤@## SOMETHING  GOING ON AHEAD. THOSE  AROUND ##@¤&§†~:¨
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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 @#%†-«,¨..
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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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