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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. ,¨¨#&&.¨¨¨
,£¨¨¨,.¨¤. &,¨#¨#§..,
¨¨£,,,,¨,# 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. ¨,.,&£@¨¨§
,§§¤¨,,,¤¨ ¨.,,£,#§.¨
¨§¨#&,...§ however, currently there seems to be ,¨¨.,¨£¤£¨
.¨.¤#£,,¨, something going on ahead. those around ¨.,¨,,@.§£
¤,.#¨&@¨¨¨ the corner have stopped, shouting, .,¨,,,¨.¤&
@@..,§&&,, pointing. ¨,,,.,¨¨¤,
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¨¨,.,¨.,@¨ .@¤¨¨.§&&.
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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 .,..¤£¤,..
¨¨¨@..¤¨£@ the sky. §,..¤¨¤@,,
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