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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 %%*-^.¨,¨.
¨¨..,~;$£& safely     forward,     every     night. &£$;~,..¨¨
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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 ^«...,,..,
.,¨¨¨¨.~\† the sky.                                 †\~.¨¨¨¨,.
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