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.¨..»/*£@@ only  at night. long  ago, someone  here @@£*/»..¨.
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¨,=^=§#@## 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, ¶**=~^...¨
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,,.:~;=*¶# 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 ¶§%==,¨.,¨
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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 #@#*$;-~,,
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