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¨¨¨.¨¨.,,. only at night. long ago, someone here .,,.¨¨.¨¨¨
..¨¨,..¨.. must've angered the sun, and today it ..¨..,¨¨..
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,.¨..,..«; sunset the air comes raining back down ;«..,..¨.,
.,¨¨.,~-*† and gets thick enough to breathe. it †*-~,.¨¨,.
¨...¨:»;%£ carries with it smells from far away, £%;»:¨...¨
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...-»=$*¤@ sharp contrast for the stale black of @¤*$=»-...
.¨,»:**&£# the night. #£&**:»,¨.
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.,.^-;§*## 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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,,,~~=†£¤@ 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 §=*~:.,.¨.
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.,¨¨,¨¨:== 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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