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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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,¨.,..§..# ,.. ¨, ,~^-, ,. .,, .,,..&¨¨¨.
¨.¨,¨.,§¨, .,¨ ., ,»/«. .. ,., #.¨.¨,#.¨,
..¨,¨..,&, ,,¨ .¨ ,~*«¨ ,¨ ,., ¨¤¨¨¨,,£.,
.¨...¨¨.,# ¨,&¨¨.,¨£.
.¨,,,,,¨.. 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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