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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, @##%%†--¨.
.,-\†$¤### colourful sparks for the  imagination, a ###¤$†\-,.
¨¨,-=$$&@# sharp contrast  for the stale  black  of #@&$$=-,¨¨
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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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