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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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,~~:*&&#@# 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 ##@#§*^«..
.¨.¨-*§&#@ care less right now.                     @#&§*-¨.¨.
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