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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 @@§*%:=~¨.
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¨,^=\%%@@# safely forward, every night. #@@%%\=^,¨
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.¨.¨¨:«**$ something going on ahead. those around $**«:¨¨.¨.
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¨..-~=*£¤@ book of stars, is a combined map, @¤£*=~-..¨
,,^»:$§§@@ 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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