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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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