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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, &†\-.,.,..
.,,.¨¨,=\§ 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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¨,¨,.-\$@§ SOMETHING  GOING  ON AHEAD. THOSE AROUND §@$\-.,¨,¨
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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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