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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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