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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. $/»:.,.,.,
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,,.,..,»†% however,  currently there  seems  to  be %†»,..,.,,
,..,,--:%@ something going on ahead.  those  around @%:--,,..,
¨¨¨.,«†§££ the   corner  have   stopped,  shouting, ££§†«,.¨¨¨
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,¨.,-~\^%¤ my greatest treasure, the                ¤%^\~-,.¨,
,¨.,~:$&£# 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 /»^,.¨¨,,¨
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