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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. ,¨¨.,,,.¨¨
.,,,,¨¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨¨,,,,.
¨,¨,¨.,¨¨¨ however, currently there seems to be ¨¨¨,.¨,¨,¨
.,.¨.,,.,, 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. *†=-,.,,¨.
¨,,,¨^»\=¤ ¤=\»^¨,,,¨
.,,.:»;†§§ for it seems like there's a new moon in §§†;»:.,,.
,¨¨~~==&£@ the sky. @£&==~~¨¨,
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