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,#,§¨#¨.§¨ must've angered the sun, and today it ##¨¤.,#¨£§
¨§,¤.#.§&, still burns us strangely. but with the ¨@.#.££¨¨@
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.¤¨&.#,@£, and gets thick enough to breathe. it .§¨&,@@..@
.¤,£¨&,.#. carries with it smells from far away, #§,#,.#.§#
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,@,£,@¨¨@, take me seriously and i fear they #£¨#.,§,@&
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,§,#¨£,,£¨ safely forward, every night. &§¨#¨¨¤¨&&
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,@.#,#.£§¨ book of stars, is a combined map, ,#¨¤¨§¤.¨£
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¨@,£,£.££¨ 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. ¨&.¤,££,,#
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,&.£¨¤,.¤. the sky. §@.¤,¨§¨§§
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