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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 .@&,¨¨@¤£,
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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. ¨.£¤@.¨¤,&
¤¤,.@¨#@,, ..&¨§¤,,,#
.@@¨¨,¤£§, however, currently there seems to be @¨.,@#&,.§
,¤£#.¨&¨§¤ something going on ahead. those around ££¨,&¨#£..
.@,¤£¨¨.£# the corner have stopped, shouting, ,§§.¨,£§@¨
.,,&£#,,¤¨ pointing. ,£&£¨¨@,¤@
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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 ¨#,,£,##..
,.§&@¨.¨.@ impossible. ,¨@.,,¤&¤¨
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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. ,#£&,.¨.,¨
,§..&.£§.¨ .£.£¤,.,.¨
¨.#¨.,##£¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨,¨£@¤,¨.,
¨,¨@¨.£.¤£ the sky. ¤,,¤.&¤¨,¨
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