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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 ###@*$†»~.
...«^^@@@# carries with  it smells  from  far away, #@@@^^«...
,..:~^%&@# colourful  sparks for the imagination, a #@&%^~:..,
¨.¨,,»^§£@ sharp contrast for the  stale  black  of @£§^»,,¨.¨
¨¨,,.,~^%% the night.                               %%^~,.,,¨¨
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,.,.¨.,,-; the  others think i'm  young, they don't ;-,,.¨.,.,
....,.¨,~« take  me  seriously  and  i  fear   they «~,¨.,....
,¨¨,¨¨¨¨¨- snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old -¨¨¨¨¨,¨¨,
.¨¨..¨¨..¨ before you  learn  the  trade  enough to ¨..¨¨..¨¨.
.¨,,¨..,., take  other people. but i do  lead  them ,.,..¨,,¨.
.,¨¨,,.,~= safely     forward,     every     night. =~,.,,¨¨,.
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.¨,.¨¨--†^ however,  currently  there  seems to  be ^†--¨¨.,¨.
¨..,¨~=**£ something going  on  ahead. those around £**=~¨,..¨
.¨.,,»\**£ the   corner  have  stopped,   shouting, £**\»,,.¨.
..,,~†§@£# pointing.                                #£@§†~,,..
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,¨¨,¨,,.., my greatest treasure, the                ,..,,¨,¨¨,
..¨,,.¨¨,: book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, :,¨¨.,,¨..
,,¨,¨¨.,,» calendar and  timepiece as  long as  you »,,.¨¨,¨,,
.¨,¨,...-/ know what year  it is. every page  is  a /-...,¨,¨.
¨,¨,¨¨.»/^ grid of  nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, ^/».¨¨,¨,¨
¨,,¨¨,»**@ below which  are written coordinates  in @**»,¨¨,,¨
¨,.¨,«:**@ both  space and  time. a  lot of  it  is @**:«,¨.,¨
.¨¨,=**£¶# applicable  on earth,  but  not  all. it #¶£**=,¨¨.
,,.=^=%¶## hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ##¶%=^=.,,
¨~~:§@£### reordered,  some   names  i  have  never ###£@§:~~¨
,¨,~/§$### 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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