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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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