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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 ,,..,,¨.¤¨
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&,¨&,¨@¨¨, 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 §.¨§¨¨¨¨,¨
..¨..¨#¨¨& 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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¨.,¨¨@.¨@, my greatest treasure, the @§§,.§¨¤£.
,,¨,,¨#,,# 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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,,¤¨£¤¨.,# 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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