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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 ##¤@=\=^.¨
,.»:=$¤@## sunset  the  air comes raining back down ##@¤$=:».,
..~«*%$@@# and gets  thick  enough  to  breathe. it #@@$%*«~..
.¨¨,~*^££# carries  with it smells  from far  away, #££^*~,¨¨.
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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 ##%*;«-.¨.
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,:»†$%£@## the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, ##@£%$†»:,
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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 ¤£*;«~.,,¨
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.,¨,.-:%*# 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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