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&¨@,§@,¤¨¨ must've angered the sun, and today it §¨#.&¨¤,£¨
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#.¤¨@#,¤,¨ sunset the air comes raining back down £,@,#¨§,£.
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£,§,§£¨@¨, carries with it smells from far away, &,£¨§¨¤,£¨
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£,&¨¤£.&¨. before you learn the trade enough to @,@¨@,£¨§.
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¤.#.&£,&,¨ safely forward, every night. &,¤,£.£,£¨
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§,¤¨,§,£,§ 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 &¨¤.£¨#,¤,
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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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