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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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£@£#@@£,,, 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, ¨,,¨¤§,,¨.
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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. ¤.,##§§,,§
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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 .,.@@¨,&&.
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