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%^\=..¨¨¨¨ 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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:«.....¨¨. 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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*:=,,¨¨¨,. 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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,,,,,,,¨,¨ 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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