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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 %%\»..,¨¨¨
,,¨¨..,»=^ the night. ^=»,..¨¨,,
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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 ~,¨¨.¨,¨¨,
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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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,.,:«†%££# 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. #&%^~-,¨,¨
.¨.¨,:-=*§ §*=-:,¨.¨.
.,.,¨¨:~\§ for it seems like there's a new moon in §\~:¨¨,.,.
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