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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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†»,¨,...¨. however, currently there seems to be .¨...,¨,»†
%=~~.¨¨,.. 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 .¨-»^*£@##
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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. ..,.¨.¨.,.
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~.,.¨..,¨. for it seems like there's a new moon in .¨,..¨.,.~
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