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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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¨,.»^^&&£# for it  seems like there's a new moon in #£&&^^».,¨
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