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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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^/~^¨.¨.¨, 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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#@§^;~-¨.. 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. ¨¨.,,--=*&
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