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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 @§%$*«~,,¨
.¨,~^§*££# heard.    sometimes   the    dates   are #££*§^~,¨.
,,=:=&#@@# impossible.                              #@@#&=:=,,
,¨.«\=*#£#                                          #£#*=\«.¨,
..¨.»;^@¤# those pages are exactly what  i scramble #¤@^;».¨..
.,.¨,»^$&& 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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