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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, ...¨.#£§¨,
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.,@¨¤#.¨¨. sharp contrast for the stale black of ,@.¨¨..§£#
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,&§¤,¨£¨&# take me seriously and i fear they ..&¨.#,,.¨
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,.¨£¤&,¨¤¨ before you learn the trade enough to ¨.,,¤,.¤.¨
¨¨.#¨¤&,¨¨ take other people. but i do lead them #¨¨¨.@,,£¨
...,.#&£,. safely forward, every night. ¨§¨.,,&,¨#
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£,,#¨¨.,¨§ the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨&,,,§.¨¨¨
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,¨£..,&¨¨, .,,¨¨¤¤£¨.
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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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