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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 $^\=..,¨,.
,¨,¨,,~~:= safely     forward,     every     night. =:~~,,¨,¨,
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¨¨.,.,.,.~ however,  currently  there  seems  to be ~.,.,.,.¨¨
.¨¨,,,¨¨,~ something going on  ahead.  those around ~,¨¨,,,¨¨.
,,¨..¨¨¨,. the   corner   have  stopped,  shouting, .,¨¨¨..¨,,
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,¨~«=†@### my greatest treasure, the                ###@†=«~¨,
¨..:-^†@@# book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, #@@†^-:..¨
¨..,^~†$*¤ 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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