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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. ..,,.¨,~=§
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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 ¨¨,..,,,:-
,¨.,.¨,... care less right now. ...,¨.,.¨,
,¨..¨..,., ,.,..¨..¨,
¨.,¨..¨¨¨, for it seems like there's a new moon in ,¨¨¨..¨,.¨
,...¨,,¨.¨ the sky. ¨.¨,,¨...,
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