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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. ,.,¨#§&..¨
.¨¨,..,¨,, ¨¨¨.£.#&,.
¨.,,.¨.,.. however, currently there seems to be ,..¨,,@§¤,
¨¨,¨¨,.¨¨¨ something going on ahead. those around ¨,.¨..#.§&
¤.,¨..¨,,. the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨¨¨.¨¨¨,¤¤
&§,¨,¨..,, pointing. ¨.,.....¤.
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,..¨¨,,.¤£ ,¨¨ ¨, ,=/». .¨ ¨., ¤,..¨¤.£&,
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¤..¨¨,¨.,. my greatest treasure, the #£@.,..£.@
£#¨¨¨,,¨,¨ 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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