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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 §¤%*~-..¨¨
.¨¨,¨~~†§* 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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,,-=*%$£¶@ however,  currently  there  seems  to be @¶£$%*=-,,
,,,:~^%*£@ 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 $†/-,,,¨¨¨
¨,¨.,,:»== for right now.  i've stopped  breathing. ==»:,,.¨,¨
,.¨¨.¨¨,»^ i sling open  the book of  stars  a  bit ^»,¨¨.¨¨.,
,,..¨¨:==* too quick, spilling  all my notes on the *==:¨¨..,,
..,,¨.»/*& ground. one lands on  my  foot, it  is a &*/».¨,,..
¨¨¨¨-«==&£ drawing of  a  muscle cow,  but  i could £&==«-¨¨¨¨
,...-\*%#@ care less right now.                     @#%*\-...,
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¨~~^^$@@@# for it  seems like there's a new moon in #@@@$^^~~¨
.¨~~/†*&£# the sky.                                 #£&*†/~~¨.
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