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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. ##¶#%^^~:.
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,,=://:¤%# however,  currently there  seems  to  be #%¤://:=,,
¨¨¨¨«*†£¶# something going on  ahead. those  around #¶£†*«¨¨¨¨
,.¨,¨,.»=£ the  corner  have   stopped,   shouting, £=».,¨,¨.,
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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 ##@£@%=-,,
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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 ###@¤*=-~¨
.,,¨=«=*$# drawing  of  a  muscle cow,  but i could #$*=«=¨,,.
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