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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 £,@§¨¨&¨¨.
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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. ,&@#.,¨,§,
¤¤&.,£..,. ,¤,@¤¨,,,¨
&.@§.,£,.. however, currently there seems to be ,¨.¤@#.,¨¨
.,&#§,,@,¨ something going on ahead. those around ,¨,£,&¤,,,
¨,§¨¤#,¨§, the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨.,..&§@.,
,,¨¨£¤#,.@ pointing. &,¨¨¨§,#§.
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§.¨.¨&¨#§, ¨.,,¨@¨.¨.
,£,.¨,,£¤¤ my greatest treasure, the @¨.,¨,£,¨.
¨.§.¨.¨§¨£ 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. .§,£¤,,.¤,
§#¤¨,..,£. .,.&@§¨¨¨.
§.#§....¨£ 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. ¨&&,,¨.¨,#
,§@¤..¨,&§ ¨&@¤¨¨,¨,,
¨#,&£¨,¨#¨ for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨§.¤§¨¨.,.
,¨.@&§¨¨¨¨ the sky. ,¨,@&§.¨..
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