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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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.,.~»=$$§# something going on ahead. those around #§$$=»~.,.
,¨¨..=*%@£ 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 #£§§†:~^¨,
.¨,.»:*$@@ impossible. @@$*:».,¨.
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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 ¨,.,¨,¨¨.¨
,.,¨.,..¨¨ care less right now. ¨¨..,.¨,.,
¨.,¨.,,¨,¨ ¨,¨,,.¨,.¨
.....¨¨.¨. for it seems like there's a new moon in .¨.¨¨.....
,..¨.,,¨.¨ the sky. ¨.¨,,.¨..,
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