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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 ..&.@¨#.@.
#.&.&¤.,¤¨ 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 .§#¨§,&¨&¨
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