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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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,.:«†=%§## 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 §*†».¨,..,
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,,,,¨,,~=/ safely forward, every night. /=~,,¨,,,,
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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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,.,¨,»;%£¤ those pages are exactly what i scramble ¤£%;»,¨,.,
¨.,,,,-^%* for right now. i've stopped breathing. *%^-,,,,.¨
..,,¨,~~:$ i sling open the book of stars a bit $:~~,¨,,..
,,,..,¨--\ too quick, spilling all my notes on the \--¨,..,,,
¨¨¨.,..,:~ ground. one lands on my foot, it is a ~:,..,.¨¨¨
,¨..¨¨,,¨, drawing of a muscle cow, but i could ,¨,,¨¨..¨,
..¨,,,,.~- care less right now. -~.,,,,¨..
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.¨.,.^«††$ the sky. $††«^.,.¨.
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