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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 &$§~,,.,¨¨
¨¨¨,.,~«^@ take me seriously and i fear they @^«~,.,¨¨¨
,.¨¨.¨¨~~* snicker a bit. you usually get old *~~¨¨.¨¨.,
¨,¨.¨.¨¨,~ before you learn the trade enough to ~,¨¨.¨.¨,¨
..¨.,¨,,~% take other people. but i do lead them %~,,¨,.¨..
,.,,,,-«*§ safely forward, every night. §*«-,,,,.,
,¨¨¨,-==¤@ @¤==-,¨¨¨,
¨....=*£@¶ however, currently there seems to be ¶@£*=....¨
¨.,~-^$§## something going on ahead. those around ##§$^-~,.¨
¨¨,~^§@¶## the corner have stopped, shouting, ##¶@§^~,¨¨
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,¨,,-=**@# my greatest treasure, the #@**=-,,¨,
,¨..»$&§£@ 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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