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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 .¨¨,.¨.¨,,
.,,,.¨¨.¨- 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 £@**«,,,.¨
,,¨¨,,»:†% impossible.                              %†:»,,¨¨,,
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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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.,¨.,¨¨.,. for it  seems like there's a new moon in .,.¨¨,.¨,.
.,¨,,...-~ the sky.                                 ~-...,,¨,.
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