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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. &§¨.¨¤§£.,
¨.¨£¤@¨,@. .@§,.¤¨#@,
¨,¨£,£§... however, currently there seems to be ,££§.,¨¤¤£
@,.¨,&£&¨, something going on ahead. those around .@¨#¤¨.@¨&
§#...£,§§, the corner have stopped, shouting, ¨,,#§§.¨¨&
.@£,.,¨¤§@ pointing. ,¨.¤.@£¨,¤
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,@,¤¤,¨#.§ ... ¨¨ .»†», ,. .,. ¨¨£@&,,.,,
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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. ¨£,#&,.,@¨
##§,.,@.#@ .¨.&@#¨.,,
@.&#¨..¨§£ 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. ¨.,¨¤¨,,,§
¨#¤¤¨..¨£@ ¨.¨,¨@.¨,,
,&¨@#,,.¤. for it seems like there's a new moon in ¨.,¨.,¤.¨¨
¨¨,¤¤¤,,., the sky. ¨¨,¨,¨¨&..
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