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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. .,¤¤¨@§&§,
.#&&.@,,#¨ ¨&¨&@.¨¨£#
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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 ,¤,,.,.¨,£
.@£¨..@&., 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. ,¨.§&¨¨..¨
#¨.¨@,,@¤, ¨¨#.#¨.¨.¨
&,¨¤@¨§.¤. for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨&@£#¨.¨¨@
&,§¨&&§#£, the sky. &.¨¨&,,.&,
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