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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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¨.-*§&#### 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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,¨¨,~†;£¤£ SOMETHING GOING  ON  AHEAD. THOSE AROUND £¤£;†~,¨¨,
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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 £@*=,,.,,.
.,,,,:~;$£ HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS £$;~:,,,,.
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,,,,=*¤§#@ HEARD.    SOMETIMES    THE   DATES   ARE @#§¤*=,,,,
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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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