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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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,.»†§£@### sharp contrast  for  the stale  black of ###@£§†».,
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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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¨~»**^//%@ something going  on ahead.  those around @%//^**»~¨
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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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¨¨,,-=*§§# 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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