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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.                     =~,.,.,.¨¨
,.¨¨¨¨,=/*                                          */=,¨¨¨¨.,
¨,,,.:~†%& for it seems  like there's a new moon in &%†~:.,,,¨
,¨.,^»†%£§ the sky.                                 §£%†»^,.¨,
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