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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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.,-*=%#§@# 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, #§==~,,¨.,
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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 #£*^*;-¨¨,
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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 #&£&¤^;«,¨
.~»=†$@#@# drawing  of  a muscle cow,  but i  could #@#@$†=»~.
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