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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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.~~\=$=&@# sharp  contrast for  the  stale black of #@&=$=\~~.
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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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,,-/%£&@## however,  currently  there  seems  to be ##@&£%/-,,
,-»;§*#@## 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 ##@¤§*=«-¨
¨^-†$%@¶@# care less right now.                     #@¶@%$†-^¨
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