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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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.¨¨,,-«;&@ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old @&;«-,,¨¨.
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¨¨.¨~-=@¶# something going  on ahead.  those around #¶@=-~¨.¨¨
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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 ####¤*=~.¨
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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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