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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. #@¤£†«^.,¨
¨,-~\%@£##                                          ##£@%\~-,¨
¨,~\&§@@## 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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