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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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,,.¨,~~=^# colourful sparks for the imagination,  a #^=~~,¨.,,
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..=\=@§£## take  me  seriously  and  i  fear   they ##£§@=\=..
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¨¨,..;*%@& before  you learn  the  trade enough  to &@%*;..,¨¨
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,,=/=$#@## safely     forward,     every     night. ##@#$=/=,,
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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 @$@%«,¨,.¨
.:~;%§£#@# grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, #@#£§%;~:.
,:»^%@@### below which  are written coordinates  in ###@@%^»:,
,,«;§*§#@# both  space and  time.  a  lot  of it is #@#§*§;«,,
,,,~«=%#@@ applicable  on earth,  but  not  all. it @@#%=«~,,,
¨:-\§@¤#£@ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars @£#¤@§\-:¨
.:~=%&¤@¤§ reordered,  some  names  i   have  never §¤@¤&%=~:.
.¨¨¨,,-^%£ heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are £%^-,,¨¨¨.
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.-~†$§&@@@ 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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