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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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.,,.,.^:%@ 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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