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..=/$&#@@# must've angered the sun,  and  today  it #@@#&$/=..
.~»=^£¤#£@ still burns us  strangely. but with  the @£#¤£^=»~.
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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 #¤^:^.¨¨..
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¨.¨¨~;:§$@ reordered,  some  names  i   have  never @$§:;~¨¨.¨
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,,-†=&&@## 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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