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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 ##£@§\-:¨.
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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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...-^=%#£# however, currently  there  seems  to  be #£#%=^-...
,.¨--^$@¤£ something going  on ahead. those  around £¤@$^--¨.,
¨,,=\%§££# 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 ##£¤@†\~^,
.¨~~†$%@@@ heard.   sometimes   the    dates    are @@@%$†~~¨.
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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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