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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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..-«\^§§@# 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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.¨^»:$¤&¶@ book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, @¶&¤$:»^¨.
¨:-\*££#@# 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 @£@@=†«~,.
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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 #@#&%†/=-.
.,,=;$*§¶# ground. one lands on  my  foot, it is  a #¶§*$;=,,.
.,~*%$§### drawing  of a  muscle cow, but  i  could ###§$%*~,.
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