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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 #*/«^,,..¨
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¨..¨¨--/%£ safely     forward,     every     night. £%/--¨¨..¨
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,,¨:-:*#£# however,  currently  there  seems to  be #£#*:-:¨,,
¨.^-*†¤£## something going on  ahead.  those around ##£¤†*-^.¨
,,~;%§#@## the   corner  have  stopped,   shouting, ##@#§%;~,,
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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 @#&=\~,¨¨¨
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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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,,,.~»\*@¶ for  it seems like there's a new moon in ¶@*\»~.,,,
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