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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 &*;,...,¨¨
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,,~\$%#### carries  with it smells from  far  away, ####%$\~,,
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,,.¨,»»^## the others think  i'm young, they  don't ##^»»,¨.,,
¨¨--/†$%@¤ take   me  seriously  and  i  fear  they ¤@%$†/--¨¨
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,-~:†£§### before  you  learn the  trade enough  to ###§£†:~-,
¨,«*$&&@## take other people.  but  i do lead  them ##@&&$*«,¨
.:~«-^$&%¶ safely     forward,     every     night. ¶%&$^-«~:.
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¨¨,~«§§@&& something going  on ahead. those  around &&@§§«~,¨¨
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¨-~^*&#### book of stars,   is   a  combined   map, ####&*^~-¨
.-»\§&@#@# calendar and timepiece as  long  as  you #@#@&§\»-.
,.-\$¤¤@@@ know what year  it  is. every  page is a @@@¤¤$\-.,
..=\*$&&£# grid  of nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, #£&&$*\=..
¨¨.,¨,«=£¤ below which  are written coordinates  in ¤£=«,¨,.¨¨
¨-«*%%@@@# both  space and time.  a  lot  of  it is #@@@%%*«-¨
.:-=$$§£@# applicable  on  earth,  but not all.  it #@£§$$=-:.
.:~==&§### 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 @§#*;~,.,¨
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,.~\†£&### 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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