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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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¨~~:^\§$@@ the  others think i'm young,  they don't @@$§\^:~~¨
,,»:†$§£## take   me  seriously  and  i  fear  they ##£§$†:»,,
,-=^§£££## 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 @£§»«,-~..
.^=\†§¤@#@ 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 £†;,:..,¨,
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