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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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¨¨..=§@#@@ 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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