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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 £¤¤*†~,..¨
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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, @$¤$**:-,.
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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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.,=\%$&¶## for it seems like there's a  new moon in ##¶&$%\=,.
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