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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 ¤#%=*»««.¨
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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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