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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. .¤,§,&,.,,
£.#&¨¨£¨.¨ £##&¤&,,.,
#&,@,££.¨£ however, currently there seems to be ¨,¨¨¨#¨,¨§
,££##.§¨@§ 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 ¤¨#&.¨#.,£
@#&¨,¨¨¤.# 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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