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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 ##¶¤£††«-¨
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.-~\*@@@## and  gets  thick  enough to breathe.  it ##@@@*\~-.
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,,~\%$#£@# sharp  contrast for the  stale black  of #@£#$%\~,,
¨,»†*¤&@## the night.                               ##@&¤*†»,¨
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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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,¨¨,,\†$#@ however,  currently there  seems  to  be @#$†\,,¨¨,
,-~\%%&@## 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 ####§†:~-.
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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 ##@¤§%\=^.
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