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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 £=\«^.,.,,
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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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