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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, ###¤=:--¨.
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.,,=/%&¤@# 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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¨¨,¨,,¨,,¨ 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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