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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 #$*;~-,.,,
.¨¨¨,,~:*@ safely     forward,     every     night. @*:~,,¨¨¨.
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,¨,¨.,¨-»: however,  currently  there  seems to  be :»-¨,.¨,¨,
,.¨¨¨¨--^§ something going on ahead.  those  around §^--¨¨¨¨.,
....,^»\** the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, **\»^,....
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.¨,¨^=:=%& book of stars,   is   a  combined   map, &%=:=^¨,¨.
¨..^~;*£¤£ calendar  and  timepiece  as long as you £¤£*;~^..¨
,,:=;^%££# know  what year  it is. every  page is a #££%^;=:,,
..»*†&£### grid of  nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, ###£&†*»..
¨¨.=/$¤&£# 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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