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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 §†«.,¨¨¨¨.
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,¨¨.--~=¤§ 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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¨,~*=¤&### 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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,,»/$%¤£## the  corner   have  stopped,   shouting, ##£¤%$/»,,
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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 ¶§=-»~¨.,.
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