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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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