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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, #¤*§/-~«:¨
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,~~^*&££@# sharp contrast  for  the stale black  of #@££&*^~~,
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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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¨,.,,^^%§@ 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 #¶&&;~,¨.,
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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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