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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 ##§§=/«^¨.
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.¨..~~/$£& carries with  it  smells from far  away, &£$/~~..¨.
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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 ###&§§/»~¨
¨¨-=:$&£## before  you  learn  the trade enough  to ##£&$:=-¨¨
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¨.,.~«;*%¤ safely     forward,     every     night. ¤%*;«~.,.¨
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,.,¨.:»*$£ something going on ahead.  those  around £$*»:.¨,.,
,¨¨¨^=^%%# 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 #@&%†;»,¨,
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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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