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,.=***§@## must've  angered  the sun, and today  it ##@§***=.,
...~»=/§¤# still burns us  strangely. but with  the #¤§/=»~...
.-=:^$¤@## sunset the  air comes raining back  down ##@¤$^:=-.
,--=$%§#@# and gets  thick enough  to  breathe.  it #@#§%$=--,
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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 @£§†%==~-.
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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 ¤@&§/:..,¨
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