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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 .§¨,&.##@¨
#.¨.&¨,@¤£ and gets thick enough to breathe. it #@,£§§,¨§§
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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 §¨,¨#..¨&.
¤£#@£..@.. the corner have stopped, shouting, #¨.##..##@
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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 &.¨¨.¨&,¨¨
,§§¤§¨¨¨#£ impossible. ¤,...£&,¨,
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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 §..,¤¨.¨,,
@,.§§,.@¨¨ care less right now. §.,@&,¨.¨.
&¨&.§.§&,¨ &.¤¨&,,.,@
&##&¤&,¤.¤ for it seems like there's a new moon in §#¤¤#,,,§.
.¨.,¨@£¤¤£ the sky. ,.¨¨¤,,##¤
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