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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. \~:¨.¨.,¨¨
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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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¨¨¨,...=:^ 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 »^.¨.,¨,.,
,¨¨¨¨..¨.. the sky.                                 ..¨..¨¨¨¨,
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