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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, #¤,,£,#¤,.
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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. ¨¨,¨¨¨.¨@§
@§¨¨¨¨.#¤¤ ¨.,.¨.,¨&,
§&@,,,¨@,@ for it seems like there's a new moon in .,¨...,,,,
§.&&,,¨¨,¤ the sky. ,,...,..,.
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