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¨¨-»/*@#@# 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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.-=\§%£@## 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 ##§§†=:,¨¨
,¨,=/%$@@# heard.   sometimes    the   dates    are #@@$%/=,¨,
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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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