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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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¨.-«*$£&## my greatest treasure, the                ##&£$*«-.¨
,,~\%%¤### 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 *=†»,,...,
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