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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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.£¤#.¨@,&§ 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. ¨@,&¤¨,¨#§
£¤¨.,¨@#§. ¨.,¤£§,¨¤.
¤&@¨.,§.#§ 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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