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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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,,~^*¤¤£## 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 #§*-:~,¨¨¨
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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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