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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 #@#@%*;«,¨
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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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.,«*†@@¶## however, currently  there  seems  to  be ##¶@@†*«,.
¨,-=**§¶## 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 ###@£%:-~,
..~:†@¤#@# 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 ££#§§%^»^.
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