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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. ,@¤#¨¨,¨¨,
,.,¨¨¨.@¨¨ .£¨££,,,¨¨
,¨¨¨,,¨,&. 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. ¨.£,¨.¨¤,@
§£...,,.,. ...¤...,¨§
.§£¨,,.... however, currently there seems to be ,,¨,&.¨¨¨&
,§@@,...¨¨ something going on ahead. those around ,,.¨,¤.¨¨¨
.@¨#&,¨,,¨ the corner have stopped, shouting, ,,,¨..&¨,.
...@&£.,,. pointing. &,,,,¨¨¤.¨
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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. .,¨..§.,@.
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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. @§#¨,&,.,.
,,,,£¨,@,, #¨#£,,#,,.
...¨,#..#. for it seems like there's a new moon in ,,@£§,.§.,
,,,.,,&.,# the sky. .,#.&£¨.£¨
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