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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. ¨.¨,¨.¨¨,-
,¨.,..,..¨ ¨..,..,.¨,
..¨,..,.¨¨ however, currently there seems to be ¨¨.,..,¨..
,¨,..¨..¨. something going on ahead. those around .¨..¨..,¨,
,¨.¨...¨.. the corner have stopped, shouting, ..¨...¨.¨,
,¨¨,,,¨,¨. pointing. .¨,¨,,,¨¨,
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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 .¨.,¨..¨¨:
¨,,¨¨,.¨,¨ impossible. ¨,¨.,¨¨,,¨
..¨.¨,¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨,¨.¨..
¨¨¨¨,,.... 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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