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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 $;-,.¨.¨¨.
¨,.,,-~†=% take  other  people.  but i do lead them %=†~-,,.,¨
.¨,,,»;%£# safely     forward,     every     night. #£%;»,,,¨.
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.,:»†*%@@# however, currently  there  seems  to  be #@@%*†»:,.
¨,»\%§@### something going  on ahead. those  around ###@§%\»,¨
,¨.~:§¤¶@# the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, #@¶¤§:~.¨,
...^«:%%£# pointing.                                #£%%:«^...
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,.~-^*§¶## my greatest treasure, the                ##¶§*^-~.,
.¨¨-=\†@@@ book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, @@@†\=-¨¨.
.,,.,«;*&@ calendar  and  timepiece  as long as you @&*;«,.,,.
¨¨¨.¨,~=%@ know what year it  is. every page  is  a @%=~,¨.¨¨¨
,,,.,¨~»;^ grid  of  nine  starfields,  hand drawn, ^;»~¨,.,,,
,¨¨¨...~-; below which  are  written coordinates in ;-~...¨¨¨,
,¨¨,¨¨.~=† both  space and  time. a  lot  of it  is †=~.¨¨,¨¨,
¨.,¨,:=†%% applicable  on  earth, but  not  all. it %%†=:,¨,.¨
.¨...«†=$£ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars £$=†«...¨.
¨¨,-»/§@#@ reordered,  some  names  i   have  never @#@§/»-,¨¨
.,,~^§%### heard.    sometimes    the   dates   are ###%§^~,,.
¨,~;^%#@## impossible.                              ##@#%^;~,¨
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¨¨¨,»*^@@@ those pages are  exactly what i scramble @@@^*»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨,^«;=&@ for right  now. i've  stopped breathing. @&=;«^,¨¨¨
,.¨¨¨^»^§% i  sling  open  the  book of stars a bit %§^»^¨¨¨.,
,¨,¨¨¨~~:% too quick, spilling  all my notes on the %:~~¨¨¨,¨,
,¨¨,,.,.~/ ground.  one lands on  my  foot, it is a /~.,.,,¨¨,
¨,¨.¨¨,=;$ drawing  of  a  muscle cow, but i  could $;=,¨¨.¨,¨
,¨¨...-:$% care less right now.                     %$:-...¨¨,
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.¨.~=;%%¶@ for it seems like there's a new moon  in @¶%%;=~.¨.
..,»\§&#@# the sky.                                 #@#&§\»,..
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