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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. #¨¤,¨£,¨&,
@,¤.§¤.§&, £.§.£¤.#§,
£,£¨,£.¨@¨ 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. &,&.#§,&¤.
¤,@,.£..&, @.¤..#,.#,
@,§,&§¨&¤, 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. #.¤,,§..§,
@,@¨£¤¨&¤, @.¤.£¤.¤@.
#,#.¨¤¨,§¨ 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. #¨§,,#¨¨&.
§.¤¨£#¨#£¨ §¨§.@§¨¤¤,
§,&.,#,¨@. for it seems like there's a new moon in &.§..£,,£¨
&,§.£§¨&#, the sky. #,¤.£§¨&#¨
£.#¨,§,.@¨ &.@¨¨&.¨&.
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