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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 ¤%§†~:,.¨¨
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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 #¶§£=;«,,.
..,,~:*$@# care less right now.                     #@$*:~,,..
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¨¨.,,^~/^% for it seems like there's a  new moon in %^/~^,,.¨¨
.¨.,¨,,=;* the sky.                                 *;=,,¨,.¨.
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