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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, ##@¤£^/=^,
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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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