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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, ¨..#,...,¨
&¨#@,¨¨¤## pointing. ¨,,.&..¨,.
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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. ¤.#@.¨...#
£¨¨.¨@,,.& ¨,¤¤¤..¨,,
¨#.¨.¨&¨,. 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. ..#,££.,#¨
###,¨.¨.£¨ ,,¨,§@&¨,,
£.##¨,,..£ for it seems like there's a new moon in #¨,¨#,&#¨,
,¨§#£,¨.,¨ the sky. ,¤,.¨,§##.
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