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,,~/*§§¶## only at  night.  long ago, someone  here ##¶§§*/~,,
.¨.¨,¨-§=¤ must've angered  the  sun, and  today it ¤=§-¨,¨.¨.
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...^††$¤@# sunset the air comes  raining  back down #@¤$††^...
,.,:†^¤§¤@ and gets  thick  enough  to  breathe. it @¤§¤^†:,.,
,--^%$@¶## carries with  it  smells from  far away, ##¶@$%^--,
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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 ###§%*==^,
.¨.,~:$%*£ reordered,  some  names  i  have   never £*%$:~,.¨.
¨¨¨,»-*$§@ heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are @§$*-»,¨¨¨
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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 @#&%%;^,,.
..¨-~«*%£# care less right now.                     #£%*«~-¨..
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