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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 ¨¨¨@¨@£,¨.
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,,¨§,&¤,,. 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 ¨#,.,,..,.
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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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,,§.,¨¨&#£ 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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