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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 ,,,¨,=\=@@
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###¶¤%/»,. 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 ,,.,.,-~^*
*$=~-..¨¨, the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, ,¨¨..-~=$*
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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 .,.-~;*§@@
#¤=\-^¨.¨. impossible.                              .¨.¨^-\=¤#
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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 ¨¨,,,¨¨,~^
$*«,¨.¨¨., care less right now.                     ,.¨¨.¨,«*$
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@@*/~..¨¨, for it seems like there's  a new moon in ,¨¨..~/*@@
#¶§=*~,.¨. the sky.                                 .¨.,~*=§¶#
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