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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 @¤£§=».,..
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