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.,.¤¨,,@£, must've angered the sun, and today it ¤££..,¨&¨#
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¨&¨£,£@&¨. sunset the air comes raining back down ,§£..#...£
§#¤#§.,¤¨, and gets thick enough to breathe. it ¤,#¨§#.¨@¤
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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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@¤,@.§¤,,& however, currently there seems to be £..¨&¨£&..
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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 ¨.§¨§,.&¤.
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§@,¨&&¨.§. 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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,§@.¤¨#.¨¨ those pages are exactly what i scramble .,#@&¤¨¨§¨
¤¨£§@£&,.¨ for right now. i've stopped breathing. .&¨..&,&&.
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¨&¨,¨&§¨&@ 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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.@££§£§.#¤ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¤,@.¨##,¨,
£¨.¨¨¨¤#¨¨ the sky. §@&,@.£,..
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