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¨.=\=@#¶## only at night. long ago, someone here ##¶#@=\=.¨
.¨~«**%#£@ must've angered the sun, and today it @£#%**«~¨.
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¨.,.:~;†&¤ sunset the air comes raining back down ¤&†;~:.,.¨
¨,...,«†§% and gets thick enough to breathe. it %§†«,...,¨
¨¨.,,,.»/† carries with it smells from far away, †/».,,,.¨¨
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¨¨,¨¨¨,.-~ 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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.,,¨,.,.,¨ however, currently there seems to be ¨,.,.,¨,,.
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¨.¨.¨.¨,^~ 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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