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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 ,..,..£¨,¤
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¨#.§&,.¨@§ 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 £.,.¨@.¨.¨
¨¤..¨.,.#¨ 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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