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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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,¨.~=$&§#@ book of stars,  is   a   combined   map, @#§&$=~.¨,
¨:=/=*#¶@# 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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¨^~††$§@## for  right now. i've stopped  breathing. ##@§$††~^¨
,¨,»=%*#@# 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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