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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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