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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 ¨.§.§£.¨.£
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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 ¤@¨¨#¨§§,¨
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,¨.,#,§£., safely forward, every night. ,§@¤,.§¨¤¤
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¤@¤¨¨¨¨,@£ 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 £&...¨,,§¨
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§.¨,,.,£££ 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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£,.,,¨.§,. 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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