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,,.,,,,;%@ only  at night. long  ago, someone  here @%;,,,,.,,
¨,«*%&§¶## 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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.^=^*£@¶## sharp contrast  for the  stale black  of ##¶@£*^=^.
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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 ##£§%%:-~.
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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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,.=*=£§#@# 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 ##@£§*;«.,
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