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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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#@#£§†~-,. 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. ...»†*@&@@
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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 ,,...,^-/%
%^^=^¨¨.¨. 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 .¨¨,,,»\*%
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