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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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¨.¨,,-»/*$ 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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