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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 @,¨§...#&¨
&§,¨¤.,££. carries with it smells from far away, ¤£¨@£.¨@,£
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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 &¨.,.#.¤,£
&&§.¨£@¤¨¨ 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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