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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 §£$/=,.,¨.
¨¨,:~^*&£# and  gets  thick enough to  breathe.  it #£&*^~:,¨¨
..^=;^%@@# carries  with  it smells  from far away, #@@%^;=^..
.^»==¤£### colourful sparks for  the imagination, a ###£¤==»^.
.¨.=/*¤£## sharp  contrast  for  the stale black of ##£¤*/=.¨.
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.,¨,¨^-*†& the others think  i'm young,  they don't &†*-^¨,¨,.
,,.,,¨.~*$ 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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