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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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¨....,=/^@ 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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