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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 ^~-¨.,.,.,
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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 :....¨,,,,
..,,¨,¨,,- 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 #*/=,¨.,¨,
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