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,,~*$*£### only  at  night. long ago,  someone here ###£*$*~,,
,,:~\$§¤## must've angered  the  sun, and today  it ##¤§$\~:,,
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,¨-«=$*§## carries with it  smells  from far  away, ##§*$=«-¨,
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,,,«*^*#@# sharp  contrast for the stale  black  of #@#*^*«,,,
,..^»=*%£# the night.                               #£%*=»^..,
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,..,=†$¤&@ 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 ###£@$=~^.
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¨..^==%¤&@ book of stars,   is   a   combined  map, @&¤%==^..¨
...,,»/$%§ 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 ###@@$=«:¨
.¨,~/^*@## both space  and  time.  a lot of  it  is ##@*^/~,¨.
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,.¨¨~-†%$# 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 ##$=†«,¨.,
,¨.¨:=^%%¤ for right now.  i've  stopped breathing. ¤%%^=:¨.¨,
¨,,-=\%%§@ i sling open the book  of  stars  a  bit @§%%\=-,,¨
,¨^»=^££## too quick, spilling all my notes  on the ##££^=»^¨,
¨~«^%@§### ground.  one lands  on my  foot, it is a ###§@%^«~¨
,¨,-:*§¤## drawing of  a muscle cow,  but  i  could ##¤§*:-,¨,
,,¨.~^†$## care less right now.                     ##$†^~.¨,,
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.¨¨,=*^§&@ for it seems like there's a new  moon in @&§^*=,¨¨.
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