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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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