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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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¨,..,..:~: ¨.¨ ., ¨~=»¨ ,, ,.,                      :~:..,..,¨
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.,¨.,-«;%§ ¨.¨ ,, .-=«. ¨¨ ..¨                      §%;«-,.¨,.
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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.                     ##@¤%%†--.
¨¨,=^†£@@#                                          #@@£†^=,¨¨
,.,-~:=&@¶ for it seems like there's  a new moon in ¶@&=:~-,.,
¨,¨.~=*^%# the sky.                                 #%^*=~.¨,¨
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