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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 ¨,^~=*%@#@
¶#%%/~...¨ 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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###£@§=»,. something  going on ahead. those  around .,»=§@£###
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##¤**^-~., 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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