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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 #@&$=^«,,,
¨:=†§$#@## CARRIES WITH IT  SMELLS FROM  FAR  AWAY, ##@#$§†=:¨
.,-»=§§¤@# COLOURFUL  SPARKS FOR THE IMAGINATION, A #@¤§§=»-,.
.¨.,»;$£&# SHARP  CONTRAST  FOR THE STALE BLACK  OF #&£$;»,.¨.
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..,~=%¤&## THE OTHERS THINK  I'M  YOUNG, THEY DON'T ##&¤%=~,..
.,-^%$£@## TAKE  ME  SERIOUSLY  AND  I   FEAR  THEY ##@£$%^-,.
..-~:$%¤## SNICKER  A  BIT.  YOU  USUALLY  GET  OLD ##¤%$:~-..
..,,~:$&§# BEFORE YOU  LEARN  THE  TRADE  ENOUGH TO #§&$:~,,..
¨,...»^*££ TAKE OTHER  PEOPLE.  BUT I DO LEAD  THEM ££*^»...,¨
.,.-»*§£¤@ SAFELY     FORWARD,     EVERY     NIGHT. @¤£§*»-.,.
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,,»\=@&### HOWEVER,  CURRENTLY  THERE  SEEMS TO  BE ###&@=\»,,
,.-»;%&¤@# SOMETHING  GOING ON AHEAD. THOSE  AROUND #@¤&%;»-.,
,,.-«^=£¤@ THE  CORNER  HAVE   STOPPED,   SHOUTING, @¤£=^«-.,,
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,,¨,»\*$@@ MY GREATEST TREASURE, THE                @@$*\»,¨,,
,..,:»/$¤& BOOK OF STARS,  IS   A   COMBINED   MAP, &¤$/»:,..,
...,==§$@@ CALENDAR AND  TIMEPIECE  AS  LONG AS YOU @@$§==,...
¨¨-«:=&§@# KNOW  WHAT YEAR IT IS.  EVERY PAGE IS  A #@§&=:«-¨¨
,.=\§%¤### GRID  OF NINE  STARFIELDS,  HAND  DRAWN, ###¤%§\=.,
,,-~†$££## BELOW WHICH ARE  WRITTEN COORDINATES  IN ##££$†~-,,
¨¨¨-==$*¤@ BOTH  SPACE  AND TIME. A LOT  OF  IT  IS @¤*$==-¨¨¨
.¨,,,=/*$# APPLICABLE  ON  EARTH,  BUT  NOT ALL. IT #$*/=,,,¨.
¨,¨.~^§§¤# HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS #¤§§^~.¨,¨
,.,==§%§@# REORDERED,   SOME  NAMES  I  HAVE  NEVER #@§%§==,.,
¨:~:=£¤### HEARD.    SOMETIMES   THE   DATES    ARE ###¤£=:~:¨
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,¨,.-~;=*@ THOSE PAGES ARE EXACTLY WHAT  I SCRAMBLE @*=;~-.,¨,
,¨,,=\=§@# FOR RIGHT  NOW. I'VE  STOPPED BREATHING. #@§=\=,,¨,
,.~~:†$£## 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 @@&$†-^,¨.
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