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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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¨-»/*$£§¶@ book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, @¶§£$*/»-¨
.,~†§$#### calendar  and timepiece  as  long as you ####$§†~,.
¨¨,«;:%$£# know what year  it is.  every page  is a #£$%:;«,¨¨
,.¨.,/†=¤£ 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 #&*^,,,...
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