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#@,,.@.##¨ only at night. long ago, someone here §¨¨&¤,¤.¤.
,#¨.§§£¨§& 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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.¨£.#,..¤, sharp contrast for the stale black of ,.¨§£.¨&,¤
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£¨.£¤£#¤.@ the others think i'm young, they don't §.¨¨¨@.,#.
@.¤..,¨§#¨ take me seriously and i fear they #,¨¨§§.@&§
£¤§,..#¨&§ snicker a bit. you usually get old @¨¨#.¤¤¨¨,
.,§¨,@@£,. before you learn the trade enough to #¨§&¤¨#.,#
.£&.§.¨#,£ take other people. but i do lead them &@¨,£§£¨£@
#.£¤&,£#@, 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 &..£,,@,.¨
§#¨¨&£#,,¨ impossible. @,§#,@§.¨§
.£,@..#¨,£ #¤,&£¨&¨£.
§@##.&¤.@@ those pages are exactly what i scramble ¨#&¨¤£¤£¤,
,¨,§#¨#@¨. 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. §#¨.,&,§@#
,¨,¨¨,,.¨& ¨@,,£#@..,
..,.¨¨.,¤. for it seems like there's a new moon in §¤¨#.¨¤¨.,
¨.¨,¨.,#¤, the sky. ,§¤@¨@#¨.¨
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