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,¨@#@.,¨¨¤ only at night. long ago, someone here .@..&,&&¨,
,¨§.§¤¨¨.. 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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¨.,£.¨£¨@@ snicker a bit. you usually get old .¤¨.,£¨,.¨
¨¨¨,£,..#¤ before you learn the trade enough to ,¨@¨.¨£.¨¨
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,,¨.,.§,¨¨ safely forward, every night. ,¤¨¨&.,,#,
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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 &§¤¨.¨,¨@.
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§¨¨,¨.§.¤& reordered, some names i have never ..@&£.,¨.,
¨¤,.,.¨.#@ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨,&¨§#,¨..
.,¤¨.¨.¨¤. impossible. ,,.,#£@¨.,
,¨.£¨¨¨,¨, &,..§.##¨.
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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 §&,.,,£.,¨
¨,#£&¨.,¨. care less right now. ##£.¨,,#.,
.,¤¨¤&.¨,¨ #.¤¤.,¨¨§.
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&¨¨.@.§&., the sky. ¨.#,£&¨..¨
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