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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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.~«/†£§@@# 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 @£¤&§=-^,.
,.«^*$§@## GRID  OF NINE  STARFIELDS,  HAND  DRAWN, ##@§$*^«.,
.¨:«^†$&£# BELOW WHICH ARE  WRITTEN  COORDINATES IN #£&$†^«:¨.
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.¨:=;†¤¤¶# 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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