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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 ##¶#@*\~,,
¨¨¨,»~^$## sunset  the  air comes raining back down ##$^~»,¨¨¨
.~«\:*$£#@ and  gets thick  enough  to breathe.  it @#£$*:\«~.
,,~;=@§¶@# carries with  it  smells from  far away, #@¶§@=;~,,
¨.==§*£@#@ colourful sparks for the  imagination, a @#@£*§==.¨
,,~~=†*¤#@ 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 ##@@*$\~,¨
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.:=\=*#### those  pages are exactly what i scramble ####*=\=:.
.,==†=^$@# 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.                     #@@§%**--.
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,^«/%£&@&@ for  it seems like there's a new moon in @&@&£%/«^,
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