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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 ¨,«^%%££##
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$§/=:.,¨¨¨ the night.                               ¨¨¨,.:=/§$
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=-,,¨¨¨,.¨ 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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@&$=\=^.,. book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, .,.^=\=$&@
#@#@†*-~.. 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 ,.^~=%*§@#
###@%†=-:. care less right now.                     .:-=†%@###
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