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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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,.¨¨...~»; ¨¨. ,¨ ,»*», ¨. ¨¨.                      ;»~...¨¨.,
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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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