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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 ¤&=^~.,¨¨¨
..,,»;†$£# reordered,  some   names  i  have  never #£$†;»,,..
,.,~/%$&#@ heard.   sometimes   the    dates    are @#&$%/~,.,
,:»†%%¤### 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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