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