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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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