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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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#@,@&.@.¤¨ £¨&.¤¨&.#.
¨§,.£.&.@. 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. £¨&.#¨§¨&¨
,¤¨.£¨&,¤, §,§¨@.&.¤¨
£@.&&,#,#. 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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