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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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..,.,,,,., 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. .,..,,..¨.
-..¨,,,.., ,..,,,¨..-
-:¨.¨.,.¨, 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 ,..,,,.-»:
$*«,¨¨...¨ heard. sometimes the dates are ¨...¨¨,«*$
¤$:=-,,.¨, impossible. ,¨.,,-=:$¤
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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 ¨¨¨.:-:§¤@
$*/~^,,,.. care less right now. ..,,,^~/*$
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;~~¨,,¨¨,¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨,¨¨,,¨~~;
-..,¨¨..¨, the sky. ,¨..¨¨,..-
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