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:¨.¨¨,¨,.. as we  cross the  mountain, we  can walk ..,¨,¨¨.¨:
«^.,,,.,,. 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. ¨¨¨,.¨,..,
,,,¨¨.,..¨                                          ¨..,.¨¨,,,
^,..,¨,¨,, however,  currently  there  seems  to be ,,¨,¨,..,^
~~..¨.¨¨.. 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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#@#%^\~~¨. 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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,,¨¨¨¨¨¨.. for it seems like there's a  new moon in ..¨¨¨¨¨¨,,
,,,¨,¨.,., the sky.                                 ,.,.¨,¨,,,
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