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&..&,¨¨.¨¨ only at night. long ago, someone here ,,¨&.¨.¨#§
@¤,,&¨.¨,. must've angered the sun, and today it ,.¨¨¤.¨.£.
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§.§@,,@... 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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£..¨#.§#.¨ sharp contrast for the stale black of #@.,§,..¨,
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¤,¨.¨.@.¨. 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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,,§.¨¨¨§,# 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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