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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 ¨##,..,¨£¨
.,¤,#@..,, carries with it smells from far away, .##¤,.,,.#
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£,.¨.¨¤..¨ 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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,,¨@§¤,,¨. however, currently there seems to be ,&#,¨¨¤@#¨
,,.¤¨¤§,.. something going on ahead. those around ,#§&¨¨&¨&&
£,,¨,&&@., the corner have stopped, shouting, .§,@£..,@¤
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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 ¤.¨.¨&¨§&.
.¨¨.,,.¨#. 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. ¨,,§.§@,,£
£¨,¨,§¨§@. .¨,,.&&£¨¨
.£.,.¨¨&@£ for it seems like there's a new moon in @....&,¤£.
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