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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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,¨¨¨~-*^¤¤ 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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¨¨¨.:~*$%£ my greatest treasure, the                £%$*~:.¨¨¨
..,,..~*%¤ 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 #£§$^~:¨.¨
,,..:~^*%¤ heard.   sometimes    the   dates    are ¤%*^~:..,,
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¨,,,,^=†%* those  pages are exactly what i scramble *%†=^,,,,¨
¨.,.~~;*%§ for right now. i've  stopped  breathing. §%*;~~.,.¨
,¨¨-«*$@#@ 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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