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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, *~:.¨,..,¨
¨,¨.¨.¨¨^~ 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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