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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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