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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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,,,.#¨&#¨, sharp contrast for the stale black of .,¤§¤,,.¨,
..,¨¨.##@, the night. ..§¨@&,.¨,
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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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¨.@¨§¤.¨,. 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. ,§,,¨¨¨§@§
£,..¤,,,§§ ¨.#¨.¨.§¨&
@¤,¨,&..#, for it seems like there's a new moon in @,,¤¨.,.¨@
¨&@.,,&.,, the sky. §@,,¤.,,.&
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