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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, ¤,.¨¨¤,.¨§
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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 #.##¨..§£#
£,¨..£¨.¨§ safely forward, every night. ¨.¤£#..@,#
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,@£§....#¨ something going on ahead. those around ,¨..§.&#¨¨
.§,@@,..,¤ 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 ¨#¤,.¨.§,.
,#¨.¨£.,,. 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. ¤¨.,£##¨.,
.,.@£¤.¨., #§..¤,¤§.,
.¨¨¤,¤£¨¨, for it seems like there's a new moon in .&¤¨¨.¤§£¨
..,,¨¤¤#,¨ the sky. .@§£..#,££
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