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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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....--=*¤# 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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