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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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&%$/»,.¨¨. something  going  on ahead. those around .¨¨.,»/$%&
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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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