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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, ,§#§,,.¨¨¨
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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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£¨,#¨&&¨¨, 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 §§..,¨#.,.
,..¨¨£§§., impossible. &¤§.¨,,&,¨
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@¨.¨...&¨¤ for right now. i've stopped breathing. ¨.§,@¤,.,.
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..£,¨¨,,¨§ 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 ,##§,.£.,,
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