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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 others  think i'm young, they  don't #@@§=;\-.,
,¨.,¨-†$£@ take  me  seriously  and  i   fear  they @£$†-¨,.¨,
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,:-^$££¶## before  you learn  the trade  enough  to ##¶££$^-:,
¨,~=§§@### 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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¨^«/=§†¤@§ 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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