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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 £##£¤*;=,¨
.:«*$*&### sunset  the air comes raining back  down ###&*$*«:.
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,,.¨..,~^& 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 £¤\,:.,.¨.
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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 ££†/\:,,¨.
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¨,^,^/=^@§ for right  now. i've  stopped breathing. §@^=/^,^,¨
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¨,.~»\:%¤@ 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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