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,:~*^§@### ONLY AT NIGHT.  LONG  AGO, SOMEONE  HERE ###@§^*~:,
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,,~==£§@@# 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 ##@¤@*\-^,
.^«==$§#@# SHARP  CONTRAST FOR THE  STALE BLACK  OF #@#§$==«^.
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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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,,~^^&&#@# 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 ###¤£†^~:.
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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 #¤§§%%:»:¨
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