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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. §†~,,¨...,
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,,.¨:»**%¤ however,  currently  there  seems  to be ¤%**»:¨.,,
.¨¨,~/*§£@ something going on  ahead.  those around @£§*/~,¨¨.
,..«^=%&£# the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, #£&%=^«..,
¨-~\$£¤¶## pointing.                                ##¶¤£$\~-¨
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.,,,.~^=¤£ ,¨. ¨. ¨«*=¨ ,¨ ,,,                      £¤=^~.,,,.
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¨.,¨.,,.¨~ .,¨ ,. .=^»¨ ,, ¨,,                      ~¨.,,.¨,.¨
,,..¨¨,.,¨ .¨. ¨. ¨==-. ¨¨ ,,,                      ¨,.,¨¨..,,
,,.,,.¨,¨¨                                          ¨¨,¨.,,.,,
,.,¨.¨..,¨ my greatest treasure, the                ¨,..¨.¨,.,
,,¨.,¨...~ book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, ~...¨,.¨,,
...,,,¨,:« calendar and  timepiece as long  as  you «:,¨,,,...
,,..,..~-^ know what  year it is.  every page is  a ^-~..,..,,
¨,,¨,¨-~/† grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, †/~-¨,¨,,¨
¨.,,,^«*$& 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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