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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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¨.¨,-:^%§# 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. @£¤§/»:¨.,
¨,.¨.»=†§¤ ¤§†=».¨.,¨
,,¨,,,-/$$ however, currently there seems to be $$/-,,,¨,,
.¨¨,,.:-\* 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. ¨¨..,.,¨,.
..,,,¨¨.,, ,,.¨¨,,,..
.,¨..,.,., for it seems like there's a new moon in ,.,.,..¨,.
,,.¨.,..,, the sky. ,,..,.¨.,,
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