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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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