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.-:«*%%¤%# MUST'VE ANGERED  THE SUN,  AND  TODAY IT #%¤%%*«:-.
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,:-;*%&### TAKE   ME  SERIOUSLY  AND  I  FEAR  THEY ###&%*;-:,
.¨,»=§$*@# SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD #@*$§=»,¨.
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.^«\*§§### MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                ###§§*\«^.
.,«==§£¶¶@ BOOK OF STARS,   IS  A   COMBINED   MAP, @¶¶£§==«,.
.,~=*@£@## CALENDAR AND TIMEPIECE AS  LONG  AS  YOU ##@£@*=~,.
.==$&§#### KNOW  WHAT  YEAR IT IS. EVERY PAGE  IS A ####§&$==.
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.-~^$*%§¤# BELOW  WHICH ARE WRITTEN COORDINATES  IN #¤§%*$^~-.
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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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