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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 @#§§%\»^,.
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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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¨.,~†*$££# however,  currently  there  seems to  be #££$*†~,.¨
.:=*§@@¶## 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 #@££§=~-,¨
¨,»:$$¤£@# care less right now.                     #@£¤$$:»,¨
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