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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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