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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 @@@^^-.¨¨.
,..¨,«^$¤# the   corner   have  stopped,  shouting, #¤$^«,¨..,
¨.,¨¨,«/%£ 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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