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,.,~=**#@# still burns us strangely. but with the #@#**=~,.,
.,¨-~:%@#¶ sunset the air comes raining back down ¶#@%:~-¨,.
¨.^-\$%£¶# and gets thick enough to breathe. it #¶£%$\-^.¨
¨,»;$*§@## carries with it smells from far away, ##@§*$;»,¨
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,..,»*%£¤£ take me seriously and i fear they £¤£%*»,..,
,.,~**£&## snicker a bit. you usually get old ##&£**~,.,
.^«^†%¤£## before you learn the trade enough to ##£¤%†^«^.
.¨-~/†@¤@# take other people. but i do lead them #@¤@†/~-¨.
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¨¨.,~;%£¤¶ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¶¤£%;~,.¨¨
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.¨^»\%&§¶# book of stars, is a combined map, #¶§&%\»^¨.
,:=;*@@¶## calendar and timepiece as long as you ##¶@@*;=:,
,.-»\†@££# know what year it is. every page is a #££@†\»-.,
,¨.,»**%@# grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, #@%**»,.¨,
¨,,-†§*¤¶# below which are written coordinates in #¶¤*§†-,,¨
.-»=^£¤@## both space and time. a lot of it is ##@¤£^=»-.
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,¨,^=†%§&@ hints of other places - some stars @&§%†=^,¨,
.,.«;^@@## reordered, some names i have never ##@@^;«.,.
.,-=§¤¤¶## heard. sometimes the dates are ##¶¤¤§=-,.
..-~†%§#¶# impossible. #¶#§%†~-..
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¨,=\%¤£### for right now. i've stopped breathing. ###£¤%\=,¨
¨¨-~†§¤¤@# i sling open the book of stars a bit #@¤¤§†~-¨¨
,¨¨~-;%*@# too quick, spilling all my notes on the #@*%;-~¨¨,
,.-~*§%#£# ground. one lands on my foot, it is a #£#%§*~-.,
.~«:$§@£## drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ##£@§$:«~.
¨¨^=;=%&@# care less right now. #@&%=;=^¨¨
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¨.~=/*¤&@# for it seems like there's a new moon in #@&¤*/=~.¨
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