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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 ###@§*==:¨
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.¨.,¨=†%*@ carries with  it smells from  far  away, @*%†=¨,.¨.
.~=\%$¤@@# colourful sparks for  the imagination, a #@@¤$%\=~.
¨.«*/*†&#@ sharp  contrast  for  the stale black of @#&†*/*«.¨
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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 #@¶¤§%=~~.
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¨,-**%£### something  going on ahead. those  around ###£%**-,¨
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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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¨^=\*$#¶## for right now.  i've  stopped breathing. ##¶#$*\=^¨
¨,=\^$$##@ i  sling  open the book of  stars  a bit @##$$^\=,¨
,,=~:*@@@£ 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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