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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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