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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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.:~;$@@#@# my greatest treasure, the                #@#@@$;~:.
.^-:=§§### 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 ##@&*=;~-.
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