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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 ¨,,..¨,¨¨,
,¨.¨¨¨.¨¨, 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 -,¨¨.,,,¨¨
¨,,¨¨,¨,¨, 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. ..¨¨,,¨.,,
.,,¨..,,¨. .¨,,..¨,,.
,.,¨..¨.,¨ 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. $†=~¨,.,,.
¨¨¨,.,«^%# #%^«,.,¨¨¨
,¨.¨^»;%#£ for it seems like there's a new moon in £#%;»^¨.¨,
,¨¨-~*@¤## the sky. ##¤@*~-¨¨,
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