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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 ¤,.£,¨¨,¨£
£¨¨&,..,§, the night. ,§¨¨§.,..,
,&.¨§,,.., .¨#,.@¨¨¨.
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.,¨#¨.¤¨¨. 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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¨£,.&,,¨¨¨ something going on ahead. those around ,.¨,¨£.,#.
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@..¤.¨§¨¨. 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. ,¨.¨,..¤,,
,§,¨,.,¤¨¨ ...,¨¨¨.@,
¨,§.¨,,.#, 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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