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*†.¨,¨¨,,. only at  night. long ago,  someone  here .,,¨¨,¨.†*
&^*:¨,.,¨. must've  angered the  sun, and today  it .¨,.,¨:*^&
§$*;,¨,.,. still burns us strangely.  but  with the .,.,¨,;*$§
@¤$*:-.,¨. sunset the air  comes raining  back down .¨,.-:*$¤@
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@#@£%::,,. the night.                               .,,::%£@#@
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%:,,¨.,¨,, 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 ,,†=£¤####
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##@£*\:¨¨, below  which are  written coordinates in ,¨¨:\*£@##
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¤@*/:,.¨¨¨ applicable  on earth,  but not  all.  it ¨¨¨.,:/*@¤
%%/-¨.¨¨,¨ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ¨,¨¨.¨-/%%
^*.¨,,¨¨¨. reordered,  some  names   i  have  never .¨¨¨,,¨.*^
*^,...,.,¨ heard.    sometimes   the    dates   are ¨,.,...,^*
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#¤£=/^¨¨¨¨ 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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