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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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