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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 #@#§@*;~..
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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 ##£#$^:~,.
,,,-;;=§@@ the  corner  have   stopped,   shouting, @@§=;;-,,,
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¨,~:%£#@£# book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, #£@#£%:~,¨
,¨^««==$^@ 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 ##@&%§/=-¨
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