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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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,@.§¤,.£,, 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, .,@§§,,#¨£
§&..@¨@#¨¨ pointing. ¨¨@,@§.¨¨#
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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 .,¤..¨.,.,
,&¨..,,.,, 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. ¨¨.¨,¨.,#.
,¨.,,,.&,. ¨¨.,.,.,¨&
&,.¨,.,¨@. for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨¨,,.,.,¨,
¨§.¨¨¨,¨,§ the sky. ..,¨¨,..¨.
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