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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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,¨,,££#¨,¨ 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 §&.,£,.¤¨¨
¨.,&¤#¨.., 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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