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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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¨,¨¨=::%£# 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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¨.~†^£#@## 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 ##@££†/--.
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...^~/=#¶@ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars @¶#=/~^...
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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 £%†-:¨.,¨.
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