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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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¨,.~^%*¤¶# 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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