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.~-^%¤¤@## 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 ¶*^;-.¨..,
..~*$£&#@# something going  on  ahead. those around #@#&£$*~..
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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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,¨¨¨~--$¤¶ those pages  are exactly what i scramble ¶¤$--~¨¨¨,
.,,.,,/%@# 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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