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#.§£¤¤&@¨& must've angered the sun, and today it ..&...¤@#,
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§@¨¨,£@,¨§ 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 &¨£££@,§¤.
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§##@¨#@¨¨@ before you learn the trade enough to ¨&,¨¤,#§£§
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¨¨£.#&&#&. safely forward, every night. .#@.,@,,..
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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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##§¨.@§&&§ hints of other places - some stars ¤¤£¤...£.,
,¨@¨¤¨¨¨.. reordered, some names i have never ,,.£,,§¤¨&
.§££&.¨,.. heard. sometimes the dates are .¨#@.@¨¤£#
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&£¤@£,@..¤ for right now. i've stopped breathing. .@&¨@.,¨,,
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,,§£.&,.§@ 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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