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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. .¨£¨.,¨§¨.
.&,¨¨.¨&££ .¨.@¨..,@.
,.§.¨¨¨#.¤ 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. .¨¨.,¨#,,¨
¨..@¨¨¨,,¨ ¨.,.,¨¨@.,
¨..¨&¨,¨., 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. .,.@.¨¨.¨,
¨...,&,.,¨ ¨¨..&.¨¨¨,
.,.,,.@.., for it seems like there's a new moon in §...¨§,..¨
,¨¨,.,.£., the sky. §@.¨¨¨£¨¨.
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