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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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,¨¨&¨.,&¨¨ 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. .¨#¨£§,.,§
,£#..¨,,&. ,¨,,&@@¨,&
¨&¤¤..,,,@ however, currently there seems to be .,,.£,@@¨,
.#.@&.¨¨¨, something going on ahead. those around £,¨,,¨¤¤&¨
¨¨.§§@,¨¨. the corner have stopped, shouting, .#,¨¨¨&.#§
@..£.£¤,,. pointing. ¨,§¨¨,¨¨§#
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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 #.£&¨.¨.¤#
#§.¨.¨,,£, impossible. ¨,&§&,.,&¨
¤@§,.,.,.# ¨¨&,¤@¨,..
¤,#¤.,¨,,¨ 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. ..¨§¨,#.,.
&¨@&.,¨.#£ £,,,@,,¤¨,
,¨£@£,,,§, for it seems like there's a new moon in .#.¨,£,.#¨
¨¨¤.&#¨,,, the sky. ¨¨&.¨.@¨,¤
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