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,~~;%%£&## only  at night.  long ago,  someone here ##&£%%;~~,
¨:»;^%¤@#@ must've angered  the sun,  and  today it @#@¤%^;»:¨
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.,,,;%†§#@ the others think i'm young,  they  don't @#§†%;,,,.
,,»=*£@£## take  me  seriously   and  i  fear  they ##£@£*=»,,
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..~^^@£@## before  you  learn the trade  enough  to ##@£@^^~..
.:-*†£§### take  other  people. but i do lead  them ###§£†*-:.
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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 #@@££=\=~,
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