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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 #&£†*=,,,.
.,^«^*$¤¶@ snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old @¶¤$*^«^,.
.^»^$&§¶## before  you  learn  the trade enough  to ##¶§&$^»^.
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.,.,«=%§#@ safely     forward,     every     night. @#§%=«,.,.
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.¨.,~/%£¤@ however,  currently there  seems  to  be @¤£%/~,.¨.
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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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