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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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.@¨¨§¨¨¨¨& 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 #,,#¨,.¨,,
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.,.££@.,.£ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨¨&,¨@¨.¨.
..,£¨£@,¨, pointing. ,.,£.¨&¨¨.
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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. ..&¨..¨¨.,
,,¨¨#.#&¨¨ £..£.¨,¨,¨
¨..¨¨¨&£&. for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨¤,¨#...¨¨
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