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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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,¨.¨¨§.,,§ 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. ¨..#..¨¨¨¨
,¤,#@..,¨, ,¨..£,,,¨,
...§@#..¨¨ 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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