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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 #§%%:«^,.,
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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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