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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, #@#@**\»~,
.,-\§$¤£## colourful sparks for  the imagination, a ##£¤$§\-,.
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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, #&§&£*†~~¨
,~:$%¤¶### calendar and  timepiece  as long as  you ###¶¤%$:~,
.,~;*$@### know  what year  it  is. every page is a ###@$*;~,.
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.,¨,,.^£$# below which are written  coordinates  in #$£^.,,¨,.
,.¨¨..,^=# 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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