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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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¨~»^§£¤£## 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 #%;~-~,,..
,^~^*§&@@# care less right now.                     #@@&§*^~^,
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