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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, ,,.,.¨,..,
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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 ,,,¨.,,,¨¨
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.,,..,.¨,. .,¨.,..,,.
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