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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. &††=-¨.,,¨
,¨.¨,¨,=;§                                          §;=,¨,¨.¨,
.,,,.¨¨^~† however,  currently  there seems  to  be †~^¨¨.,,,.
¨¨..¨,¨.,~ something  going  on ahead. those around ~,.¨,¨..¨¨
¨¨¨¨,.,,¨: the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, :¨,,.,¨¨¨¨
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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.                     *=-^¨...¨¨
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,.,¨:«\*£¤ for it seems like there's  a new moon in ¤£*\«:¨,.,
....-=^@## the sky.                                 ##@^=-....
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