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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, ##£†*«,.¨,
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,.¨.,,~\^@ 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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.¨.,~;%&££ 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 ¶¤¤$/-^,,,
,¨.,:«^*%# applicable  on  earth, but not  all.  it #%*^«:,.¨,
¨¨.,,^«:%¤ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ¤%:«^,,.¨¨
,¨.¨^-†*&& reordered,  some   names  i  have  never &&*†-^¨.¨,
,¨¨,»†=££@ heard.    sometimes   the    dates   are @££=†»,¨¨,
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,,:~†*$£@# 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 &¤%†«.,,..
.¨.,~;$$¤# drawing  of  a  muscle cow,  but i could #¤$$;~,.¨.
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