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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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,..¨-=\%$# sharp  contrast  for the stale black  of #$%\=-¨..,
,.,-~\^%@# 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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,.,,==%¤## 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.                              ###£@$\»:¨
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..,¨.~\^£# for right  now. i've  stopped breathing. #£^\~.¨,..
..¨.,,»/*@ i  sling  open the book of  stars a  bit @*/»,,.¨..
..¨.,«**§# too quick, spilling all  my notes on the #§**«,.¨..
..,,-†=$£# 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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