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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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