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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.                     $*;~,...¨.
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..¨.¨,..~* for it  seems like there's a new moon in *~..,¨.¨..
,.,.,,~~†$ the sky.                                 $†~~,,.,.,
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