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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 $§*~^¨¨¨,¨
,.¨....=/% the night.                               %/=....¨.,
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,¨¨¨,¨¨.,~ the others think i'm  young, they  don't ~,.¨¨,¨¨¨,
,,,...¨:«/ take  me  seriously  and  i  fear   they /«:¨...,,,
¨¨.,,,.-=% snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old %=-.,,,.¨¨
...¨,.=^=% before you learn  the  trade  enough  to %=^=.,¨...
¨¨.¨~«†*£@ take other people. but  i  do  lead them @£*†«~¨.¨¨
¨,¨^~†§%¤@ safely     forward,     every     night. @¤%§†~^¨,¨
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,,~^=¤§@@# however,  currently there  seems  to  be #@@§¤=^~,,
¨.:=\*%¤@@ something going  on ahead.  those around @@¤%*\=:.¨
¨¨,-»/*£¤@ the   corner  have  stopped,   shouting, @¤£*/»-,¨¨
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,,=\=£#£## my greatest treasure, the                ##£#£=\=,,
,¨--^§&£## book of stars,   is   a  combined   map, ##£&§^--¨,
,¨.:«^=££# calendar  and  timepiece as  long as you #££=^«:.¨,
.,¨,^~:%£& know  what  year it is.  every page is a &£%:~^,¨,.
..,¨.~-*†¤ grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, ¤†*-~.¨,..
,.¨.,,.»=^ below which  are written coordinates  in ^=».,,.¨.,
,,,.,¨..~^ both  space and  time. a  lot  of  it is ^~..¨,.,,,
¨,..,..¨-~ applicable  on  earth, but  not all.  it ~-¨..,..,¨
,....,.-~; hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ;~-.,....,
¨.,...^~;$ 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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