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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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