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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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.~»†*@£### my greatest treasure, the                ###£@*†»~.
^~:$%§#@## book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, ##@#§%$:~^
.~»;=¤&@@# 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 @*;~^,,.,.
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¨.¨.:~/*%¤ for it seems like there's a new  moon in ¤%*/~:.¨.¨
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