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