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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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@,¨£.¤,&,¨ 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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¤.,&¨¤¨#,, 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 ,¤,@&,#.@,
#.£&,£¨#.@ care less right now. ¨§,¨&.£.§¨
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#.£¤¨§¨&,¤ for it seems like there's a new moon in ,&,¨&,£.&,
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