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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 #¶$^†=^¨,.
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¨¨..--*†@@ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old @@†*--..¨¨
,¨,^»;%¤## before  you learn  the trade  enough  to ##¤%;»^,¨,
,,,~/^$@## take  other people. but i  do lead  them ##@$^/~,,,
.,~/%£#### safely     forward,     every     night. ####£%/~,.
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¨¨¨.,=***£ something going on  ahead.  those around £***=,.¨¨¨
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,..¨.»††£@ book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, @£††».¨..,
.,,-»=%@¶# calendar and timepiece  as  long as  you #¶@%=»-,,.
¨,,~;%%£## know what year  it  is. every  page is a ##£%%;~,,¨
,^~^=%@@## grid of  nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, ##@@%=^~^,
.¨--^=£¶@# below  which are  written coordinates in #@¶£=^--¨.
¨¨¨,-=*%## both space  and time.  a lot  of  it  is ##%*=-,¨¨¨
,¨.,:~\%*£ applicable  on earth,  but not  all.  it £*%\~:,.¨,
¨,,¨.,~^=@ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars @=^~,.¨,,¨
.,¨..¨-»\^ reordered,  some  names  i  have   never ^\»-¨..¨,.
..¨,.~«\=£ heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are £=\«~.,¨..
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.:~^=@#### for  right  now. i've stopped breathing. ####@=^~:.
,.,~\^$¶## 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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