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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 ¨¨¨¤,.£.,¨
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@..¨,...§. 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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¨¨£..¨£..¤ 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. ..¨¨.#.,..
,¨¨¨¤,&§., ¨¨,,¨¨§¨¨,
,¨.¨,,##¤. 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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