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,,,~/=*$§@ only at  night. long ago,  someone  here @§$*=/~,,,
,^«\**£*#¶ must've  angered the sun,  and  today it ¶#*£**\«^,
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¨¨,,»=§*#@ take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they @#*§=»,,¨¨
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.,..¨,~;%§ before  you  learn  the trade  enough to §%;~,¨..,.
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.--~««†*§# safely     forward,     every     night. #§*†««~--.
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,,«=^$@### however,  currently there  seems  to  be ###@$^=«,,
...~-;*¤@£ 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 @*/-.,..,.
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¨:=^=£§¶## below which are  written  coordinates in ##¶§£=^=:¨
¨-~:^§¤@## both space  and  time.  a lot  of  it is ##@¤§^:~-¨
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.,«;†$§@## hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ##@§$†;«,.
,.~\†@¶### reordered,  some   names  i  have  never ###¶@†\~.,
¨:~^^&#@## heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are ##@#&^^~:¨
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,,«/$££§@# for right now.  i've stopped  breathing. #@§££$/«,,
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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 ####¤%=«..
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