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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, ..¨£,,.,£.
¨¨,,,,¨§¨, colourful sparks for the imagination, a #¨..§.¨¨,£
@¨.,¨.,¨£¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of &#,..&¨¨,,
¨§,¨,..,,@ the night. #¤§¨¨¨#,¨.
,,@...¨¨.. &,#&.¨.§.,
,¨,&..,,,, 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. £@§..,£,¤#
¤¨,.£.,.,# @¨##,¨¨,¤&
&&¨,¨#.,.¨ however, currently there seems to be ,.¤£§,,,@.
#&@..¨§,,. something going on ahead. those around ¨.#.#¤.,.¨
£¨@#¨..#,, the corner have stopped, shouting, .¨,,#¤@,..
.,¤§@¨¨.¤¨ pointing. ,¨.,§.£#¨¨
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¤.¨¨,¨#§@. my greatest treasure, the .¨¤.¨.,.&¤
@@¨..¨¤,&@ 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. ..¨¨¤¨¨¤¨,
¨¤¨.#¨,¨.. ¨¨¨,,¤¨,£.
.,§,¨&,¨¨. 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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