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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.                               $§=»,,¨¨.,
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¨.¨.~/*§&£ the others think i'm  young, they  don't £&§*/~.¨.¨
..:«^†££@# take  me  seriously   and  i  fear  they #@££†^«:..
¨,~*§£#### snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ####£§*~,¨
,¨-«;=&£## before  you  learn the  trade enough  to ##£&=;«-¨,
¨,,^~/*§@# take  other people. but i  do  lead them #@§*/~^,,¨
,,.¨,~^^@@ safely     forward,     every     night. @@^^~,¨.,,
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,,,,,¨:«:§ however,  currently  there seems  to  be §:«:¨,,,,,
.¨,..~~:§% something  going on ahead. those  around %§:~~..,¨.
..¨¨,»†^¤¤ the  corner   have   stopped,  shouting, ¤¤^†»,¨¨..
,¨¨~»:%*£# pointing.                                #£*%:»~¨¨,
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,..»**$#£# 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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