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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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.:-:*§£¶@# 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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