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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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£.¨¨,¤..,. take me seriously and i fear they ¨@¨¤¤,.#¨.
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¨¨@¨...£,¨ 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 ¨&¨#§¨,,¤&
§&,,@¨£#¨, 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. ¨,.£#£..,,
,@,¨..£@ £.¨&.@@,¨¨
.,.¤§£,¨£. for it seems like there's a new moon in §@.,.§¤@¨¨
¨¨,@,£#,¨¨ the sky. §&&,.#¨§§.
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