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.,:-**@¶@# ONLY  AT  NIGHT. LONG  AGO, SOMEONE HERE #@¶@**-:,.
,:~*§¤£### 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 #§%;«^,...
.¨,¨,:«=†£ 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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,^-=$£#### HOWEVER,  CURRENTLY THERE  SEEMS  TO  BE ####£$=-^,
,¨.=\^§@@# 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 -¨,¨,¨¨.¨.
.¨,¨.,,.:= 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.                     ##££§^~,¨¨
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..¨,,~:*@# FOR IT SEEMS  LIKE THERE'S A NEW MOON IN #@*:~,,¨..
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