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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.                               ##@§£*=-,.
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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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¨,¨..~:&$@ something  going on ahead.  those around @$&:~..¨,¨
¨~~\$&£@## the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, ##@£&$\~~¨
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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 ¶£%\.:,,^.
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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 ###@#@†-,.
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..¨,.,*§£# for it seems like there's a new  moon in #£§*,.,¨..
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