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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, *\«^¨,.,¨.
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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.                     /~^,¨¨,..¨
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¨¨,,.~-/$£ for it seems like there's  a new moon in £$/-~.,,¨¨
..¨,,=;%#@ the sky.                                 @#%;=,,¨..
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