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,,=:§¤¤£#@ only at night.  long  ago, someone  here @#£¤¤§:=,,
,~«\%$@@## must've angered  the sun,  and today  it ##@@$%\«~,
¨,=†$&¶@## still  burns us  strangely. but with the ##@¶&$†=,¨
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,-=^^£#¤§@ and  gets  thick  enough  to breathe. it @§¤#£^^=-,
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.~»/^§#¶@# sharp  contrast for  the stale  black of #@¶#§^/»~.
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,~-:§%£@#@ 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 @¤^~,.,,,¨
.¨,.¨,-$$§ both space  and time. a  lot  of  it  is §$$-,¨.,¨.
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¨..,»§%@&¤ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ¤&@%§»,..¨
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¨:«:^†§#§# heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are #§#§†^:«:¨
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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 #@#§*††~~.
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