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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. :«,¨¨¨.,,,
¨¨.¨,¨¨¨.~ ~.¨¨¨,¨.¨¨
,¨,¨,,..¨, 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. ¨¨.¨.,¨¨¨.
¨¨..¨..¨.¨ ¨.¨..¨..¨¨
.¨,,,,.,¨¨ 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. =.¨,,.,,.,
..¨.¨,.-~* *~-.,¨.¨..
,¨,¨¨¨,~\% for it seems like there's a new moon in %\~,¨¨¨,¨,
,,.¨,,-\*@ the sky. @*\-,,¨.,,
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