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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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