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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 .££¤¨,¨,§.
££¤¨,&.,#. the night. ,¤,§¤,,¨¨,
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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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.@£#,,.,#¨ however, currently there seems to be ..§§£,¨§.,
,&¨¤&¨,¨., something going on ahead. those around ¨.#¨§§.,@.
¨¨.£@&,,,, the corner have stopped, shouting, .,,,£@&,.£
&¨.@.§&¨,, pointing. ,¨,,¤,§#,.
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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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