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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 $†/«:,¨.,¨
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¨¨.»\*&&## the others think i'm  young, they  don't ##&&*\».¨¨
.-»^†@¤### take  me   seriously  and  i  fear  they ###¤@†^»-.
¨¨^~\*£§@# snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old #@§£*\~^¨¨
,¨,.~/†*#¶ before  you  learn the  trade enough  to ¶#*†/~.,¨,
¨.,.^»*%§§ take other people.  but i  do  lead them §§%*»^.,.¨
,....,==§* safely     forward,     every     night. *§==,....,
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¨¨.:«;%£§# however, currently  there  seems  to  be #§£%;«:.¨¨
..,-^†@#@# something  going  on ahead. those around #@#@†^-,..
.,=†%¤@£## the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, ##£@¤%†=,.
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¨,,¨.-=†§§ my greatest treasure, the                §§†=-.¨,,¨
¨.¨.:«/†§@ book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, @§†/«:.¨.¨
¨..,«:§%§£ calendar and timepiece  as  long  as you £§%§:«,..¨
¨,~~\=%¤## know what  year  it is. every page  is a ##¤%=\~~,¨
¨,«\†@#¶## grid  of nine  starfields,  hand  drawn, ##¶#@†\«,¨
..:~†$%£@# 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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