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,£,¨...@#£ must've angered the sun, and today it ¨&¤,¤¤,¤,,
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,£,¨.§#¨.¨ 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 &.¨.&¨.¨£&
#&,#,,¨¨¨, 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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¤,.£..&@£¤ something going on ahead. those around .¨#@,&&.#&
£¨@@.#¨,.. the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨@¨@&.&@¨¨
§@¨£&&¨,¨, pointing. ¤£#,@¤.£¨#
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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 ,#£.@£¤£££
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¤.¨¤.¨#.@¨ 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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#¨¤¨#§.@¨¨ the sky. ,..¨@.¨¨¤&
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