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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 #£%^~~....
¨.,-†=@%$@ safely forward, every night. @$%@=†-,.¨
.¨,¨¨~†:¤# #¤:†~¨¨,¨.
...,¨~**$# however, currently there seems to be #$**~¨,...
,~»:*£&£#@ 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 ##£&%%=~,.
.~~†%$££@# impossible. #@££$%†~~.
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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 ¤§*%^^^»^.
.-»=^$£¤@¶ care less right now. ¶@¤£$^=»-.
,-~*=££#@# #@#££=*~-,
¨..^-/¤£&@ for it seems like there's a new moon in @&£¤/-^..¨
¨.¨¨.,,/^@ the sky. @^/,,.¨¨.¨
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