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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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.,~*^££@@# 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. #@@¤¤%*~..
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¨.¨,,~~;^# something going on  ahead. those  around #^;~~,,¨.¨
¨,¨¨,~;=*£ 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 ###@#%;=^.
,,»/†$¤@@# heard.    sometimes   the    dates   are #@@¤$†/»,,
,,-~:=$¤§@ impossible.                              @§¤$=:~-,,
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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 @&@%~^-..¨
¨~~/$£§@## drawing  of  a muscle cow,  but  i could ##@§£$/~~¨
..«*$*£@## care less right now.                     ##@£*$*«..
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..¨.,.-$¤@ for it seems like there's a new moon  in @¤$-.,.¨..
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