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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 ,,.»/%£@@#
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@$=:~.,¨,¨ the night.                               ¨,¨,.~:=$@
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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 ,.~~†^£¶##
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##£§=~-.., drawing  of a  muscle cow,  but  i could ,..-~=§£##
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