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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 $§†-¨.¨,,¨
.¨,.¨,,^†§ safely     forward,     every     night. §†^,,¨.,¨.
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.....¨,.,^ however,  currently  there  seems to  be ^,.,¨.....
,.¨,¨.,,¨. something going on  ahead.  those around .¨,,.¨,¨.,
,,¨,...¨,¨ the  corner   have  stopped,   shouting, ¨,¨...,¨,,
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,,,~;%$#£@ 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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