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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, .,,¨~-*%%@
@§%†/~:¨,, colourful sparks for the imagination, a ,,¨:~/†%§@
#£££*/»-.. 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 ,,,¨,¨¨-»/
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,¨¨¨..¨,,. however, currently there seems to be .,,¨..¨¨¨,
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%^^--.,¨¨. book of stars, is a combined map, .¨¨,.--^^%
$\-^¨,,,¨. calendar and timepiece as long as you .¨,,,¨^-\$
/~.,¨,.,¨¨ know what year it is. every page is a ¨¨,.,¨,.~/
-,¨¨,.,¨¨. grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, .¨¨,.,¨¨,-
^.¨¨.¨.¨¨¨ below which are written coordinates in ¨¨¨.¨.¨¨.^
¨.¨¨¨...¨, both space and time. a lot of it is ,¨...¨¨¨.¨
..¨¨,.¨.,¨ applicable on earth, but not all. it ¨,.¨.,¨¨..
.,.¨..¨..¨ hints of other places - some stars ¨..¨..¨.,.
^¨.,,¨¨.,. reordered, some names i have never .,.¨¨,,.¨^
~~.,..,,¨. heard. sometimes the dates are .¨,,..,.~~
\~,,.¨.¨.. impossible. ..¨.¨.,,~\
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¤@$†-^¨..¨ 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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