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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 §==¨.¨.,,¨
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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 #@¶££$\«~¨
,^-^§§£@## hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ##@£§§^-^,
.,..--*^§# reordered,  some  names   i  have  never #§^*--..,.
,,...¨,\£@ heard.    sometimes    the   dates   are @£\,¨...,,
¨^~†=@&@#£ impossible.                              £#@&@=†~^¨
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.,~\=¤£¶## those pages  are exactly what i scramble ##¶£¤=\~,.
.:~=%%@#@# for  right  now. i've stopped breathing. #@#@%%=~:.
,,«=**&$%& 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 ¶@†~~:¨¨¨,
,:~==&£### care less right now.                     ###£&==~:,
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