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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 $:-~,,,.¨¨
¨¨,.¨.¨~~= the night.                               =~~¨.¨.,¨¨
...,¨¨,=/%                                          %/=,¨¨,...
¨,,,¨~»/%§ the others  think i'm  young, they don't §%/»~¨,,,¨
.¨.¨,»=§£¤ take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they ¤£§=»,¨.¨.
,,..»:^$&# snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old #&$^:»..,,
,¨~«†*&&@# before  you learn  the  trade  enough to #@&&*†«~¨,
.~=^*§&£## take  other people. but  i do lead  them ##£&§*^=~.
¨.,~†^%¤## safely     forward,     every     night. ##¤%^†~,.¨
¨.¨,»*%*&¶                                          ¶&*%*»,¨.¨
,,,,,-:%§§ however,  currently  there seems  to  be §§%:-,,,,,
.,.¨,~~:*§ something  going on ahead. those  around §*:~~,¨.,.
,¨¨.¨.-=:* the  corner  have   stopped,   shouting, *:=-.¨.¨¨,
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¨,¨¨¨.-»;* my greatest treasure, the                *;»-.¨¨¨,¨
.¨¨¨,¨,^~: book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, :~^,¨,¨¨¨.
.¨,,¨..«/% calendar  and timepiece as  long  as you %/«..¨,,¨.
,,¨,,,~;%§ know  what  year it is.  every page is a §%;~,,,¨,,
¨¨.¨~-\$¤@ grid  of  nine  starfields,  hand drawn, @¤$\-~¨.¨¨
.,,^~/^&£¶ 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 @@†^~..,¨.
,..¨¨-=^$$ impossible.                              $$^=-¨¨..,
,,,,¨¨,»*†                                          †*»,¨¨,,,,
,,¨¨¨,¨:»= 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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