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##¤£*;~,., only at night. long ago, someone here ,.,~;*£¤##
##£@%*;«.¨ must've angered the sun, and today it ¨.«;*%@£##
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#&$$*«,.,. sunset the air comes raining back down .,.,«*$$&#
@§$*»,.,.. and gets thick enough to breathe. it ..,.,»*$§@
*=;-~..¨., carries with it smells from far away, ,.¨..~-;=*
%/~:¨.¨,.¨ colourful sparks for the imagination, a ¨.,¨.¨:~/%
\=:¨,¨,¨¨, sharp contrast for the stale black of ,¨¨,¨,¨:=\
«:¨..,.,,¨ 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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...¨.¨¨,¨, 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 ¨¨¨..¨¨¨¨.
¨.¨,.¨,.., impossible. ,..,¨.,¨.¨
¨¨..,.,¨¨. .¨¨,.,..¨¨
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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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