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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 ##@£**^=-.
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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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