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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 #£§§%:~:,,
,¨,^-/=$£@ hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars @£$=/-^,¨,
,¨,¨:«;§$¤ reordered,  some  names  i  have   never ¤$§;«:¨,¨,
¨.¨,.,~/$£ heard.   sometimes    the    dates   are £$/~,.,¨.¨
,¨,..¨:=;^ 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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.¨,¨~»:%$§ for it seems like there's  a new moon in §$%:»~¨,¨.
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