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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 ###£$*~^¨,
¨¨,,»*&£¶@ sharp contrast for the stale black of @¶£&*»,,¨¨
.,..~«%£#£ the night. £#£%«~..,.
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..,¨¨...«% take me seriously and i fear they %«...¨¨,..
.¨,¨.,,,^= snicker a bit. you usually get old =^,,,.¨,¨.
¨..,..¨,., before you learn the trade enough to ,.,¨..,..¨
¨,¨¨¨¨,¨.. take other people. but i do lead them ..¨,¨¨¨¨,¨
.,.¨.¨,,.- safely forward, every night. -.,,¨.¨.,.
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..,.,.-»$* something going on ahead. those around *$»-.,.,..
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.¨,,¨¨,¨,. book of stars, is a combined map, .,¨,¨¨,,¨.
.¨,¨.,,¨¨. calendar and timepiece as long as you .¨¨,,.¨,¨.
.,,..,,,,~ know what year it is. every page is a ~,,,,..,,.
,¨¨,¨¨.,»% grid of nine starfields, hand drawn, %»,.¨¨,¨¨,
,.¨,,.,=$% 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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,,,¨.:~%*@ 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 »^¨¨¨.¨¨,.
,,¨.¨¨,^»* the sky. *»^,¨¨.¨,,
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