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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 »~¨¨.,..¨.
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¨,,..¨¨..¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of ¨..¨¨..,,¨
.¨,¨.,..,. the night. .,..,.¨,¨.
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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. &¤$==,¨..¨
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.-=;=&§¶@# something going on ahead. those around #@¶§&=;=-.
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.¨¨..,.,,- book of stars, is a combined map, -,,.,..¨¨.
..,.,.¨,,» calendar and timepiece as long as you »,,¨.,.,..
,¨,,.,,^-/ know what year it is. every page is a /-^,,.,,¨,
,¨¨,¨,.=^% grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, %^=.,¨,¨¨,
,.,,,-=\$§ below which are written coordinates in §$\=-,,,.,
,.,,.=*%££ 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. ¨¨.,,...,,
.¨..,¨.¨,. .,¨.¨,..¨.
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,,¨,¨¨¨¨.. the sky. ..¨¨¨¨,¨,,
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