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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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.~«†%$¤@## sharp contrast  for  the  stale black of ##@¤$%†«~.
.,¨,==;%£# the night.                               #£%;==,¨,.
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¨.»;=§&@## take   me  seriously  and  i  fear  they ##@&§=;».¨
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.¨,-\†£&¤@ before  you  learn  the  trade enough to @¤&£†\-,¨.
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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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¨,,.,-/$§§ book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, §§$/-,.,,¨
.,~»«~\*%§ 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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,,¨.,†:£## 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 ###@£*\~~.
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¨,~†^&#£@# for it seems  like there's a new moon in #@£#&^†~,¨
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