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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 ##¤$§\«,..
,,~:=&&@## snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ##@&&=:~,,
.,,»\^%&@# before  you  learn the  trade  enough to #@&%^\»,,.
¨,.,-=%¤§# take  other people. but  i  do lead them #§¤%=-,.,¨
¨¨.¨:«\$£# safely     forward,     every     night. #£$\«:¨.¨¨
.....,-^†&                                          &†^-,.....
¨..,,,-~/% 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.                              ..¨.,,,¨,¨
...,,,.,¨.                                          .¨,.,,,...
¨.¨,.,..¨^ 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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