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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 ,¨,..¨,¨,¨
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.¨.¨,~\$*# THE OTHERS  THINK  I'M YOUNG, THEY DON'T #*$\~,¨.¨.
¨.¨.»:*§@# TAKE  ME  SERIOUSLY  AND   I  FEAR  THEY #@§*:».¨.¨
¨.,»\§*@@# SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD #@@*§\»,.¨
,~~^*@#### BEFORE  YOU  LEARN THE  TRADE  ENOUGH TO ####@*^~~,
,,^-†%£¶## TAKE  OTHER  PEOPLE. BUT I DO LEAD  THEM ##¶£%†-^,,
¨,.,~=%§## SAFELY     FORWARD,     EVERY     NIGHT. ##§%=~,.,¨
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.~«*†£¶@## MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                ##@¶£†*«~.
¨¨:~/†£#@# BOOK OF STARS,   IS  A   COMBINED   MAP, #@#£†/~:¨¨
,,,~«=$¤@# 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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