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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, &.£,&.§¨#,
£,,&.,&¨#. pointing. §,§¨&.&¨§.
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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. £,£,@,£¨£,
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§.¨@,¨¤,&. for it seems like there's a new moon in §¨§.&.#.&.
£.£¤.&£.£¨ the sky. @,£.§¨@.#.
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