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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 ##@&%††«,,
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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, §¤^=.,.,.¨
.^«*$$@¶## below which  are written  coordinates in ##¶@$$*«^.
...¨^=$§## both space  and  time. a  lot of  it  is ##§$=^¨...
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,,~^§%§&£@ 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 ¤*^-~.,¨.¨
.¨,.¨~%*£# care less right now.                     #£*%~¨.,¨.
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