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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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.¨¨-«%£##@ 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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..¨..¨.,,~ 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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,^~^$£¶@## for  it seems like there's a new moon in ##@¶£$^~^,
,¨.«=*&@## the sky.                                 ##@&*=«.¨,
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