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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 ,,-»**$&#@
#@¶¤&†/=,, snicker  a  bit.  you  usually  get  old ,,=/†&¤¶@#
##§*†^=,¨¨ before you  learn  the  trade  enough to ¨¨,=^†*§##
@¤&=\~^¨,¨ take other people.  but  i do lead  them ¨,¨^~\=&¤@
@%=^~-¨,.¨ safely     forward,     every     night. ¨.,¨-~^=%@
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*:~-¨.¨¨,. however, currently  there  seems  to  be .,¨¨.¨-~:*
:~,,,¨,¨,. something  going  on ahead. those around .,¨,¨,,,~:
~..,¨¨...¨ the  corner  have   stopped,   shouting, ¨...¨¨,..~
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†;~^.¨.,,¨ my greatest treasure, the                ¨,,.¨.^~;†
†=~.¨..,., book of stars,   is  a   combined   map, ,.,..¨.~=†
»,.¨.¨.,,¨ calendar and  timepiece as  long  as you ¨,,.¨.¨.,»
\=.¨.¨,.¨. know what  year  it is.  every page is a .¨.,¨.¨.=\
§^=^..¨¨¨. grid  of  nine starfields,  hand  drawn, .¨¨¨..^=^§
£*=-,¨.,¨, below which  are  written coordinates in ,¨,.¨,-=*£
¤£*†»:,,.¨ both space and  time.  a lot  of  it  is ¨.,,:»†*£¤
£¤£§/~.¨¨¨ applicable  on  earth,  but not  all. it ¨¨¨.~/§£¤£
#£@%=:-,.. hints  of  other  places  -  some  stars ..,-:=%@£#
###@%%^«,. reordered,  some  names  i  have   never .,«^%%@###
@£££==~:¨. heard.    sometimes   the   dates    are .¨:~==£££@
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¤$\=:,.,,¨ 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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