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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 #@¤£$\«~¨,
..¨-~\=@@@ sunset the air  comes raining  back down @@@=\~-¨..
¨¨~»/%*### and  gets  thick  enough to breathe.  it ###*%/»~¨¨
¨,=†§¤&### carries  with  it smells from  far away, ###&¤§†=,¨
.¨,-\^@@@# colourful sparks  for the imagination, a #@@@^\-,¨.
¨¨¨.-\^§£@ sharp contrast  for the  stale black  of @£§^\-.¨¨¨
¨,,-^=££@# the night.                               #@££=^-,,¨
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.,¨.»==@## take  me  seriously  and  i   fear  they ##@==».¨,.
,,:«/=£§## snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ##§£=/«:,,
,^~:§&@### before  you learn  the  trade enough  to ###@&§:~^,
,,.=;=&&## take other people.  but i  do lead  them ##&&=;=.,,
,¨.:»;%&&@ safely     forward,     every     night. @&&%;»:.¨,
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,.~=†&£### however,  currently there  seems  to  be ###£&†=~.,
,¨.«^*@@@# something  going on  ahead. those around #@@@*^«.¨,
..,-~;^&@@ the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, @@&^;~-,..
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¨,,«^$%### 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 ##@§$:=~,,
¨.=††£#### both  space  and time.  a  lot  of it is ####£††=.¨
¨¨:~=^%¤@# applicable  on  earth,  but  not all. it #@¤%^=~:¨¨
,¨,,-=†£¤# hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars #¤£†=-,,¨,
¨..=*†&### reordered,  some   names  i  have  never ###&†*=..¨
¨,=:=£@### heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are ###@£=:=,¨
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,,,~**§### those pages  are exactly what i scramble ###§**~,,,
¨~-\†%¤@## for  right now. i've  stopped breathing. ##@¤%†\-~¨
¨¨,-\*&£## i sling  open  the book of  stars a  bit ##£&*\-,¨¨
¨,,^»^$%&@ 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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,,^=\**@@# for it seems like there's a  new moon in #@@**\=^,,
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