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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 ##££%^-:¨.
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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 ##*=/~-.¨¨
.,,,-=/^$£ heard.   sometimes    the   dates    are £$^/=-,,,.
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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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