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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, ,..¨.,,¨¨.
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¨,,¨,.¨.~: sharp contrast for the stale black of :~.¨.,¨,,¨
,¨,¨.¨^-** the night. **-^¨.¨,¨,
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.-=^%§§£## before you learn the trade enough to ##£§§%^=-.
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¨¨¨,-*§$¤@ safely forward, every night. @¤$§*-,¨¨¨
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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 ###£*;~.,.
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¨,¨.-~=%££ reordered, some names i have never ££%=~-.¨,¨
¨.¨..,~^%£ heard. sometimes the dates are £%^~,..¨.¨
,,¨¨,¨,-/% impossible. %/-,¨,¨¨,,
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.,¨¨,...¨, 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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