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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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