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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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