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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 @%†,...,,,
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,,..,*%$§£ sharp contrast  for  the  stale black of £§$%*,..,,
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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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¨~»\*%££## 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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