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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. .¨.¨,,¨,-=
.¨,¨,,,¨.. ..¨,,,¨,¨.
¨.¨,,,,.,, 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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~¨,¨,.¨¨¨. 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. .,,,¨,^-:^
^=..,,¨.¨, ,¨.¨,,..=^
»-,¨¨¨.,,, for it seems like there's a new moon in ,,,.¨¨¨,-»
:¨,,¨,.¨¨, the sky. ,¨¨.,¨,,¨:
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