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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 #@§*%*-^..
,,¨^~:^$¤@ SHARP CONTRAST FOR  THE STALE  BLACK  OF @¤$^:~^¨,,
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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 ##£&%:=-..
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,¨,«=*$@## APPLICABLE ON  EARTH,  BUT NOT  ALL.  IT ##@$*=«,¨,
,,.^~†*@@# HINTS  OF  OTHER  PLACES  -  SOME  STARS #@@*†~^.,,
¨¨~=^†££## REORDERED,  SOME  NAMES  I  HAVE   NEVER ##££†^=~¨¨
,:»/=%¤### HEARD.    SOMETIMES    THE   DATES   ARE ###¤%=/»:,
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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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