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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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§%*\=..¨,¨ 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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