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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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¨¨,##&,¨¨¨ take me seriously and i fear they &,¨#,§£¨.¨
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,.,,,§&§¨¨ before you learn the trade enough to @#§,¨@,#@,
,.,,,@.¤&, take other people. but i do lead them #,§@,.¨§@£
@¨¨,¨,¨#&§ 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 ¨.#,.¨,¨.¨
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¨.¤¨#£,,,§ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨,,¨&¨.¨.¨
,,,,&§@..@ hints of other places - some stars @¨¨..¤¨¨,,
¨,,,£¨#§¨¨ reordered, some names i have never #¤,..¨&...
.¨¨,¨,§#@, heard. sometimes the dates are £¤@¨.,,&.,
.,..¨,§,¤& impossible. &,@¤¨..,&,
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.¤,.¨,,¨¨¨ for right now. i've stopped breathing. ¤.,.¤#£,,¨
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.¨¨,£¨¨,,. 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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&.£#..,¨@, for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨.,,,£¤&,¨
,¨§§@¨,¨.§ the sky. ¨¨,..£¨¤@.
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