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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. ##&&†=--..
,^=*^£#### ####£^*=^,
¨..»*%@¤## 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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