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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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†=^,,¨..,, 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, ¨,¨¨-=;=%£
#¤@††~~,,, pointing. ,,,~~††@¤#
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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 ,¨,..¨.,¨,
,¨.,¨,,,¨, care less right now. ,¨,,,¨,.¨,
-,,¨.¨¨,.¨ ¨.,¨¨.¨,,-
^«,¨¨...¨, for it seems like there's a new moon in ,¨...¨¨,«^
^/=-¨,..,¨ the sky. ¨,..,¨-=/^
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