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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 ###@%*\»~¨
,,~^†$#£## and  gets thick  enough to  breathe.  it ##£#$†^~,,
.,~^\\=$@# carries  with  it smells from far  away, #@$=\\^~,.
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,^«\†&%&§@ sharp  contrast  for  the stale black of @§&%&†\«^,
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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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.,==*§@### 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 ##£&£†=»~.
.~-;$&£@## reordered,  some   names  i  have  never ##@£&$;-~.
,.=:*£$%§@ heard.   sometimes   the    dates    are @§%$£*:=.,
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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 ##¶&¤†^~:.
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,,,~»†&%§# for it seems like there's a new moon  in #§%&†»~,,,
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