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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, *=-,,.,¨,.
¨,,,¨¨^-†= 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 $:~~,¨,,..
,,,..,¨--\ too quick, spilling all my notes  on the \--¨,..,,,
¨¨¨.,..,:~ ground. one  lands  on  my foot, it is a ~:,..,.¨¨¨
,¨..¨¨,,¨, drawing of  a  muscle cow, but  i  could ,¨,,¨¨..¨,
..¨,,,,.~- care less right now.                     -~.,,,,¨..
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,,,,,,,~=% for  it seems like there's a new moon in %=~,,,,,,,
.¨.,.^«††$ the sky.                                 $††«^.,.¨.
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