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¤,#¨&@@#,& must've angered the sun, and today it @,@..,.¤&,
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£,¨.¨&£,#@ and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¤,¨¨@£¨¤..
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@¨&§,¨@¨.¤ snicker a bit. you usually get old @¨.§.,&¨@¨
&§&¨&,£@.¤ before you learn the trade enough to ¤@¨&&¨¤@§¤
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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 £.#,..§¨£@
..#&£,@.,. 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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§@§¤,@¨.¨. 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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