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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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.^=:†*@### .¨¨ .¨ ,~\-. ., ¨.¨                      ###@*†:=^.
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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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