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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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