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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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