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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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