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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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,--\†£@### 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 ###&&%\=^,
¨,^«/*&@¶# 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 #@¶@§^^-:,
,¨^«;$¤@## ground.  one lands on my  foot, it is  a ##@¤$;«^¨,
,,=*$$#¶@# drawing of a  muscle cow,  but  i  could #@¶#$$*=,,
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