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¨^==§&#@@# sunset the air comes raining back down #@@#&§==^¨
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¨~-;§£&@## carries with it smells from far away, ##@&£§;-~¨
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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 #¶¤$^\«.,.
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,~~^^@¤### the corner have stopped, shouting, ###¤@^^~~,
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..~~†*%££# book of stars, is a combined map, #££%*†~~..
..«*%¤¤@## calendar and timepiece as long as you ##@¤¤%*«..
,,-~\%&£¶# know what year it is. every page is a #¶£&%\~-,,
,.»*†%£#@# grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, #@#£%†*».,
..:=:*£&#@ below which are written coordinates in @#&£*:=:..
¨-~†$*§@## both space and time. a lot of it is ##@§*$†~-¨
¨.,=/*$#@# applicable on earth, but not all. it #@#$*/=,.¨
¨-~;=%@@## hints of other places - some stars ##@@%=;~-¨
.¨.~^*££¶@ reordered, some names i have never @¶££*^~.¨.
.-=:§%#@## heard. sometimes the dates are ##@#%§:=-.
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,,=^§&@£## for right now. i've stopped breathing. ##£@&§^=,,
..:«;=§### i sling open the book of stars a bit ###§=;«:..
..»*=@#¶## too quick, spilling all my notes on the ##¶#@=*»..
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,,^»=†$£@@ care less right now. @@£$†=»^,,
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