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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 $\»^¨¨,¨.,
,¨..¨.,,-\ and gets thick enough to breathe. it \-,,.¨..¨,
¨.¨.,.¨.,~ carries with it smells from far away, ~,.¨.,.¨.¨
,¨,,,,¨.,: colourful sparks for the imagination, a :,.¨,,,,¨,
..¨,.,¨.,, sharp contrast for the stale black of ,,.¨,.,¨..
,,,¨¨..¨., the night. ,.¨..¨¨,,,
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,¨,,,¨..,, the others think i'm young, they don't ,,..¨,,,¨,
,,.¨,.¨... take me seriously and i fear they ...¨.,¨.,,
.,,¨,,,.¨¨ snicker a bit. you usually get old ¨¨.,,,¨,,.
¨,.¨.¨¨¨,, before you learn the trade enough to ,,¨¨¨.¨.,¨
.,.¨,.¨¨¨^ take other people. but i do lead them ^¨¨¨.,¨.,.
¨.¨,,.,,,» safely forward, every night. »,,,.,,¨.¨
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,¨.¨,^=/%§ something going on ahead. those around §%/=^,¨.¨,
....^»\=%£ the corner have stopped, shouting, £%=\»^....
...:»†§££@ pointing. @££§†»:...
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.¨¨,.,.,., my greatest treasure, the ,.,.,.,¨¨.
.¨,,.,,¨,. book of stars, is a combined map, .,¨,,.,,¨.
.¨..¨¨.¨¨, calendar and timepiece as long as you ,¨¨.¨¨..¨.
¨...,..,¨. know what year it is. every page is a .¨,..,...¨
..¨.¨.¨.., grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, ,..¨.¨.¨..
.¨¨¨¨.,.¨. below which are written coordinates in .¨.,.¨¨¨¨.
,.,,,¨,.¨, both space and time. a lot of it is ,¨.,¨,,,.,
,..¨,¨,.., applicable on earth, but not all. it ,..,¨,¨..,
..,¨,.¨,:- hints of other places - some stars -:,¨.,¨,..
¨.¨¨¨,.^~† reordered, some names i have never †~^.,¨¨¨.¨
,¨.¨,¨^-=* heard. sometimes the dates are *=-^¨,¨.¨,
.,¨..,«†%* impossible. *%†«,..¨,.
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.¨.,~;=££¶ those pages are exactly what i scramble ¶££=;~,.¨.
,¨,~=^£#£# for right now. i've stopped breathing. #£#£^=~,¨,
¨:~/%@&¶@# i sling open the book of stars a bit #@¶&@%/~:¨
,,,~\*%&@# too quick, spilling all my notes on the #@&%*\~,,,
,.,~=†^£@@ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a @@£^†=~,.,
,...,~*†$£ drawing of a muscle cow, but i could £$†*~,...,
¨¨¨,,.~=†@ care less right now. @†=~.,,¨¨¨
¨,¨,¨¨.=:% %:=.¨¨,¨,¨
¨,¨..,¨,»; for it seems like there's a new moon in ;»,¨,..¨,¨
..¨.¨¨.¨^» the sky. »^¨.¨¨.¨..
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