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£..,.¨¨£&§ must've angered the sun, and today it §,,¨¨¨,§¨,
,@¨.¨.,@,@ still burns us strangely. but with the ,#¨,¨..,&.
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.¤.,&,,¨.¨ carries with it smells from far away, ¨§,¨¤..¨,.
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#.,#,,.,.¨ take other people. but i do lead them ..#..§¨.¨,
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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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