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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 #£@%§^«,¨¨
¨-~/$£@¶## before you  learn  the trade  enough  to ##¶@£$/~-¨
,,:~††$§£@ take  other people.  but  i do lead them @£§$††~:,,
,..:»/*$#£ safely     forward,     every     night. £#$*/»:..,
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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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