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