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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 ,¨.:«:**@#
#@&%^;«,.. 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, .¨..~=%£&@
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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 .¨,~^*£¤##
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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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