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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 #@§*%=~.¨¨
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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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,¨¨,-^^¤&¶ 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.                     #@¶&%†:~,.
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