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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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#@#&†=-:¨. the night.                               .¨:-=†&#@#
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#@£$%*»,., the others think  i'm young, they  don't ,.,»*%$£@#
#@$*==.,¨. take  me  seriously  and  i  fear   they .¨,.==*$@#
£$§^«,.¨¨¨ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ¨¨¨.,«^§$£
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*%;-:¨¨,¨¨ safely     forward,     every     night. ¨¨,¨¨:-;%*
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#¶£%%:-,¨. something  going on  ahead. those around .¨,-:%%£¶#
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@§/«.¨,.,¨ 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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^^~,,...¨, 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 ..~==¤&£##
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