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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 @§#^=.,.¨.
¨~-\†$¤£## sunset the air comes  raining  back down ##£¤$†\-~¨
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¨,,,~»»†§# carries  with it smells  from far  away, #§†»»~,,,¨
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.,¨,==£$@# the night.                               #@$£==,¨,.
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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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.,...~=$£# my greatest treasure, the                #£$=~...,.
,^«/$%@@@# book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, #@@@%$/«^,
¨,¨,~=:=¤# 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 @#£§£*:~:.
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