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¨^~/*%§¶## STILL  BURNS US  STRANGELY. BUT WITH THE ##¶§%*/~^¨
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.,«*†@¤### COLOURFUL SPARKS  FOR THE IMAGINATION, A ###¤@†*«,.
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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 &*^-,¨,¨,¨
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,,-=*&¤£## BELOW WHICH ARE  WRITTEN COORDINATES  IN ##£¤&*=-,,
.¨....-§§& BOTH  SPACE AND  TIME. A LOT  OF  IT  IS &§§-....¨.
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¨,..~^$@¤£ HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS £¤@$^~..,¨
¨,=††*#¶@# REORDERED,   SOME  NAMES  I  HAVE  NEVER #@¶#*††=,¨
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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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