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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. ,..#,¤¤,,,
...¨&#¤¨.£ ,.¨¨.&¤@,,
.,.¨#¨&@.¨ however, currently there seems to be .,,.,¤,¤£.
,,,¨,¨£&@, something going on ahead. those around ,...,.¨@¤£
@.,,,.¤¨§& the corner have stopped, shouting, &,,.¨,¨#.£
£@¨,..¨.&§ pointing. ,§..,,...&
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.§,,¨..,¨¤ ..¨¨¨.§&@,
¨.£,.,,..@ my greatest treasure, the @,.,.,§,&&
£..£....,, 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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