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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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.^~†**@### 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.                     #*§=\~,¨¨.
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.,¨^-~/=@# for it seems like there's  a new moon in #@=/~-^¨,.
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