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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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.¨.=^=¤¤@# 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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,,.,:»††$& book of stars,   is   a  combined   map, &$††»:,.,,
.,.¨,~»^$$ calendar  and timepiece  as  long as you $$^»~,¨.,.
,,...-;%%@ 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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