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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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@§.&,¤&¨#. 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. ¤,§¨&,¤.§,
¤&.&¨@¤.@. &¨@¨@¨#.@.
,&¨#.¨¤,&¨ 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 £¨§.¤¨§.&.
#¤¨&.£§,¤, 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 &,£¨@,#,£,
¨£.¤¨¨#¨£. the sky. &.¤.@.£.@¨
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